Got the email today. As of 1/5/17, the note 7 will be deas and buried. This sucks as there still is no comparable phone to switch to. No annual upgrade optoons and I even had a customer service person lie to me online last night about the $15/month S7 Edge plan. According to the rep, I could upgrade after a year on the $15/month S7 Edge program. No payoff required. There is no way Verizon or Samsung is letting that happen. So, as of 1/5/17, I guess Verizon drops my line and I drop Verizon.