It was bound to happen sooner or later. Now it looks like Verizon will indeed be following suit with AT&T, and will begin offering tiered data plans next month, which will replace unlimited data.
Droid Life reported today that Verizon will start to offer three data plan options to customers on July 7: 2GB for $30 a month, a 5GB offer for $50 a month, and then a 10GB plan for $80 a month.
If you're hoping to tether your device, expect to cough up an additional $20 per a month, but on the flip side, you'll also get an extra 2GB of data. If a customer happens to go over their allotted plan, then overages will be billed at a rate of $10 for each extra gigabyte of data. Tablet users can expect to see their 1GB for $20 a month plan get swapped with a new 3GB for $20 a month offering instead.
Similar to AT&T's move, existing customers will be grandfathered into their current plan and shouldn't see any ramifications from the new rate plans. Current subscribers will have the option to upgrade to a new handset without being forced to give up their current plans.
Verizon representative Brenda Raney had advised AllThingsD that Verizon "will move to a more usage-based model in July," and that the company would "share more later."
What do you think about the move readers? Love it? Hate it? Don't care? Feel free to leave your thoughts below!
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mofrosfo
June 21, 2011 at 11:20am
Does anyone know if this will affect current customers? I am willing to stay with Verizon. If I go to another plan, it will cost more.
ckuttner
June 21, 2011 at 11:16am
My wife would like to go from her dumb phone to an iPhone on our Verizon plan. Current pricing would mean $30 for each of us for our mandatory data plans. Would be really neat if the tiered pricing allows for sharing data plans at less than $60 per month.
brandonwalkermedia
June 21, 2011 at 11:30am
go to AT&T they have plans 200MB for $15, 2GB for $30! the first one may work for you guys if you want a $30 a month thing + you get better data coverage & Call Quality (also i have never had a dropped call(i have been in both San-Fran and Dallas where it is supposedly the worst, but i had the same Great Call Quality)
Scooter Rocks
June 21, 2011 at 10:51am
Do you guys know if the rates are changing for current users? I sort of like unlimited data for $30, not 2gb for $30. =(
lurch956
June 21, 2011 at 5:00am
Off the top of my head, sounds like a plan to try and keep current customers. Leaving your current provider risks higher rates.
