New Unlimited Plan from Big Red?

[jstafford1]

I'm going to keep an eye on this and probably stop in to VZW to discuss my options. I have 4 months left on my contract. I'm not going to lock into the 1 year extension if it means I can't upgrade at contract price for another year. With 2 smartphones and a dumb phone on my account, I can save a decent chunk of change, especially if I give my son my phone.

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Contract dates and upgrade dates don't have to coincide. My contracts up way after my NE2 is.

 

[ovrclock]

I think there could be 2 reasons for Big Red doing this:

1. They are trying to get people to come over to their network before LTE starts rolling out and they charge a premium for LTE service (circa Sprint).

2. This iPhone rumor is almost a sure-thing for release early 2011 on Verizon. They would obviously charge a premium, like ATT, to use iPhone. If they use the plans as they stand now, it would start at, what, $89 for the 450min plan? Plus an iPhone premium would put them well over $100, which I believe is more expensive than ATT. It makes sense for Big Red to drop their intro minutes/data plan to $69 because then they can charge a larger premium for iPhone data and make more money off those users.

While #1 seems to be a good possibility, I think #2 would be the smart thing to go for in order for Verizon to capitalize on their service charges once the iPhone comes to their network.

 

[Martin030908]

I think there could be 2 reasons for Big Red doing this:

1. They are trying to get people to come over to their network before LTE starts rolling out and they charge a premium for LTE service (circa Sprint).

2. This iPhone rumor is almost a sure-thing for release early 2011 on Verizon. They would obviously charge a premium, like ATT, to use iPhone. If they use the plans as they stand now, it would start at, what, $89 for the 450min plan? Plus an iPhone premium would put them well over $100, which I believe is more expensive than ATT. It makes sense for Big Red to drop their intro minutes/data plan to $69 because then they can charge a larger premium for iPhone data and make more money off those users.

While #1 seems to be a good possibility, I think #2 would be the smart thing to go for in order for Verizon to capitalize on their service charges once the iPhone comes to their network.

Source? Proof?

Still just a rumor.

 

[ovrclock]

I think there could be 2 reasons for Big Red doing this:

1. They are trying to get people to come over to their network before LTE starts rolling out and they charge a premium for LTE service (circa Sprint).

2. This iPhone rumor is almost a sure-thing for release early 2011 on Verizon. They would obviously charge a premium, like ATT, to use iPhone. If they use the plans as they stand now, it would start at, what, $89 for the 450min plan? Plus an iPhone premium would put them well over $100, which I believe is more expensive than ATT. It makes sense for Big Red to drop their intro minutes/data plan to $69 because then they can charge a larger premium for iPhone data and make more money off those users.

While #1 seems to be a good possibility, I think #2 would be the smart thing to go for in order for Verizon to capitalize on their service charges once the iPhone comes to their network.

Source? Proof?

Still just a rumor.

No, no source or proof whatsoever. I think the giveaway would be when I said "I think" repeatedly. Just my "conspiracy theory" I guess.

 

[Martin030908]

I think there could be 2 reasons for Big Red doing this:

1. They are trying to get people to come over to their network before LTE starts rolling out and they charge a premium for LTE service (circa Sprint).

2. This iPhone rumor is almost a sure-thing for release early 2011 on Verizon. They would obviously charge a premium, like ATT, to use iPhone. If they use the plans as they stand now, it would start at, what, $89 for the 450min plan? Plus an iPhone premium would put them well over $100, which I believe is more expensive than ATT. It makes sense for Big Red to drop their intro minutes/data plan to $69 because then they can charge a larger premium for iPhone data and make more money off those users.

While #1 seems to be a good possibility, I think #2 would be the smart thing to go for in order for Verizon to capitalize on their service charges once the iPhone comes to their network.

Source? Proof?

Still just a rumor.

No, no source or proof whatsoever. I think the giveaway would be when I said "I think" repeatedly. Just my "conspiracy theory" I guess.

Nothing personal

Just that poor horse looks mangled... laying their on the ground... all dead and what not.

 

[ovrclock]

Source? Proof?

Still just a rumor.

No, no source or proof whatsoever. I think the giveaway would be when I said "I think" repeatedly. Just my "conspiracy theory" I guess.

Nothing personal

Just that poor horse looks mangled... laying their on the ground... all dead and what not.

Haha, no biggie. Just felt like a sarcastic @$$ this morning.

 

[Sparkmaster]

Anyone get lucky yet??

 

[Jamus0]

I was told it is a email promotion and you need to forward them the email in order for you to get it.

 

[Bob Dammit]

Anyone get lucky yet??

Yeah.....wait..... oh, you meant with the plan. No.
Martin, don't make me break out that GIF again.

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[hookbill]

I got it. Just got off the phone with them and while I was on the phone received confirmation email.

 

[Martin030908]

Anyone get lucky yet??

Yeah.....wait..... oh, you meant with the plan. No.
Martin, don't make me break out that GIF again.

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Don't threaten me with a good time!

 

[beargold23]

I was told it is a email promotion and you need to forward them the email in order for you to get it.

I live in the chicagoland area, and just got off the phone with them. The rep asked how did i receive the information? I just told her the internet, and she just went over the information with me and told me i will see the changes on my upcoming bill.dancedroid

 

[Diordna]

It's past 8:30 now so hopefully you guys get results soon!

Can someone answer me how much I would save?

I'm on an individual plan.
I have the cheapest plan pretty much, 450 minutes and the cheapest texting plan with mobile to mobile. So 90 bucks a month.

Would this save $10??

 

[hookbill]

I was told it is a email promotion and you need to forward them the email in order for you to get it.

I live in the chicagoland area, and just got off the phone with them. The rep asked how did i receive the information? I just told her the internet, and she just went over the information with me and told me i will see the changes on my upcoming bill.dancedroid

Yes, they say you will still see the same data charge but will receive a discount on the next bill. Cool.

 

[hookbill]

It's past 8:30 now so hopefully you guys get results soon!

Can someone answer me how much I would save?

I'm on an individual plan.
I have the cheapest plan pretty much, 450 minutes and the cheapest texting plan with mobile to mobile. So 90 bucks a month.

Would this save $10??

More like 20.00 a month.