Verizon Wireless will stop offering unlimited data to new smartphone subscribers.
Instead, Verizon will sell tiered data plans, starting at 2 GB for $30 per month -- the same monthly price as unlimited data currently
The other price tiers are $50 per month for 5 GB and $80 per month for 10 GB. Exceeding any cap costs $10 per GB. Tethering costs $20 extra per month for all tiers and provides an extra 2 GB. If you have unlimited mobile hotspot service now, it'll cost $30 per month starting July 7.
I'm not opposed to tiered data plans in theory. The wireless industry argues that there's not enough wireless bandwidth available to accommodate data hogs. If that's true, people who don't use heaps of data should be rewarded with lower prices while people who user more data should pay extra.
Except that's not what Verizon is doing.
Instead, the carrier is charging the same $30 per month for an inferior service. At least AT&T tries to lure people down to tiered data by shaving $5 off the monthly bill, but with the nation's largest wireless carrier setting a higher rate, I wonder how long it'll be before AT&T follows.
Instead, Verizon will sell tiered data plans, starting at 2 GB for $30 per month -- the same monthly price as unlimited data currently
The other price tiers are $50 per month for 5 GB and $80 per month for 10 GB. Exceeding any cap costs $10 per GB. Tethering costs $20 extra per month for all tiers and provides an extra 2 GB. If you have unlimited mobile hotspot service now, it'll cost $30 per month starting July 7.
I'm not opposed to tiered data plans in theory. The wireless industry argues that there's not enough wireless bandwidth available to accommodate data hogs. If that's true, people who don't use heaps of data should be rewarded with lower prices while people who user more data should pay extra.
Except that's not what Verizon is doing.
Instead, the carrier is charging the same $30 per month for an inferior service. At least AT&T tries to lure people down to tiered data by shaving $5 off the monthly bill, but with the nation's largest wireless carrier setting a higher rate, I wonder how long it'll be before AT&T follows.
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