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4G cap rumor

From the XDA forums:

I just learned tonight that as of Thursday (03/24), 3 days from now, 4G data plans will be capped.

The new cap will be 5GB. Pricing overage is not specified just yet, I would assume the standard $10/GB overage.

This is for any NEW customers and any upgrades done AFTER this day. Anyone who already has a TBolt is grandfathered in (myself included). Spread the word, and let your friends/family know should they need a truly unlimited plan.

I would expect an announcement tomorrow sometime. Just wanted to let you guys know.

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Take it with a grain of salt, but it wouldn't surprise me.

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PJNC284

With the way Verizon is, I wouldn't expect any kind of official public announcement. Heck most people don't even know that they did away with NE2 discount, annual upgrades and changed the WFG period.

rcschnoor

PJNC284 wrote:
With the way Verizon is, I wouldn't expect any kind of official public announcement. Heck most people don't even know that they did away with NE2 discount, annual upgrades and changed the WFG period.

Let alone the fact that most people don't even understand WHAT the NE2 discount actually is/was. And that includes Verizon employees!!!!!!!!!

AZSALUKI

well that would be about right.....since i'm eligible on the 29th!!!!!!! LOL!!!! i can pay $20 and get it now, but if i wait until the 29th i will save that $20 AND get my $50 NE2 discount so i would save $70. for this reason i really need to know if there's anything to this rumor. i'd GLADLY blow the $70 if it meant the difference between a cap and unlimited plan. (plus i could then justify going to get it today...lol)

budone

The only thing I have seen recently is a comment by the CFO at a Morgan Stanley conference. They said Mid summer. This was from early this month.

imneveral0ne

any new news on this?

mdiorio

No cap for now, but eventually.

MRW1215

Aw, why does this have to happen two weeks before I can upgrade? I was planning on getting a Thunderbolt. I don't care if my data is capped (I doubt I'd even be using more than 2-3GB in a month), but $50 is more than I want to pay each month for data. Why are they only going to offer the one plan (5GB for $50)? Why not offer 2GB for the same $30 price point, too? What's the point of tiered plans if there's only one "tier"?

AZSALUKI

MRW1215 wrote:
Aw, why does this have to happen two weeks before I can upgrade? I was planning on getting a Thunderbolt. I don't care if my data is capped (I doubt I'd even be using more than 2-3GB in a month), but $50 is more than I want to pay each month for data. Why are they only going to offer the one plan (5GB for $50)? Why not offer 2GB for the same $30 price point, too? What's the point of tiered plans if there's only one "tier"?

they haven't actually announced any changes have they? don't go scaring us all.

MRW1215

AZSALUKI wrote:

MRW1215 wrote:
Aw, why does this have to happen two weeks before I can upgrade? I was planning on getting a Thunderbolt. I don't care if my data is capped (I doubt I'd even be using more than 2-3GB in a month), but $50 is more than I want to pay each month for data. Why are they only going to offer the one plan (5GB for $50)? Why not offer 2GB for the same $30 price point, too? What's the point of tiered plans if there's only one "tier"?
they haven't actually announced any changes have they? don't go scaring us all.

Well, this info just seems a little too specific to be "just" a rumor. Previously, it's just been "Tiered data is coming soon". "5GB for $50 a month" is a bit a more specific. Considering this is the only "tier" these rumors are noting, I'd imagine that means there won't be any other tiers. I dunno, it's just frustrating for me, because I've been so pysched up to upgrade at the beginning of April, then I get slapped with this new rumor.

PJNC284

lol. There's 0% chance they'll be charging the same price as the data cards. The source is full of it.

TBhouston

data cards are not the same as phones.

lte usb and wifi cards is what the article is really about not data on a phone at all.

CJREYES666

thats a bunch of **bleep** if you ask me when i read the news a couple of days ago there was no other info than the one from xda and the other i found were only going back to xda

Chubbs

March 28 2011. No cap has been announced yet. Just verified by a CSR.

gina7289

It's April 13th and nothing. I heared from a Verizon rep about tired plans potentially for 4g mobile hotspot for thunderbolt but not this the data plan. They said the 2 g for 20 for thunderbolt was going to be discontinued by may 16th when the unlimited plan ends so maybe this rumor will be then. Cs cannot really tell u until its done.

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