Verizon takes first step in race to bottom
Verizon has now officially launched it $99.99 eat all you like voice package, unfortunately its not really “eat all you like”
The plan (below) doesn’t include data or SMS, that plan is $139.99
Obviously Verizon are after the big spenders as they have also offered a two line plan for $269.99.
Any bets on who will be first to $95
Waiting for T-Mobile to come up w. something similar. Want to keep T-M because it truly provides free overseas roaming for U.S. customers by using their wifi/UMA capable phones.. That, combined w. a MaxRoam SIM for use where you are not in a hotel or other place w. wifi makes for very low cost roaming. (T-M does not mention the overseas aspect of their service - just domestic)
Sprint might throw in some data for $99 rather than simply beat the voice price.
before the end of the year all carriers will offer plans that include every option for under $100. in some ways these verizon plans are a step in the wrong direction. they are not offering any type of open data plan that can be used for any purpose. instead they are selling email and browsing as to seperate things. no other data usage outside of either email, HTML browsing, sms, or mms or some very specific package of verizon branded service is allowed on any of these plans.
i want a plan that offers ‘data’ end of story. they should specifiy how fast my connection will be and nothing else. i want use it for any pupose i desire.
Snidely: As I understand it. T-Mobile requires a contract extension every time you want to change or upgrade your plan. I’m currently about to hit the first year elapsed of a two year contract, and am very hesitant to touch my plan because of this. (Thank God I was realistic enough to take the unlimited data plan from day one. With my usage, I probably have them re-thinking the meaning of “unlimited.”)
I’ll let you know what their policy will be here. Normally that’ seems to be the case if you go w. a “promotional” plan. I have been with them for many years and don’t really care. I prefer them to ATT because of better voice quality - although ATT has improved in many areas in the last year. (I Have both services.)