Get Ready to Be Gouged, Verizon Plans on Tiered 4G Data Pricing
Get Ready to Be Gouged, Verizon Plans on Tiered 4G Data Pricing
Posted 05/27/2010 at 3:28pm
| by Ryan Whitwam
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We were a little worried that the change over to 4G mobile data standards like LTE and WiMAX would get expensive for consumers. ON the heels of Sprint's announcement that users of the EVO 4G would have to pay a $10 premium for data, Verizon is talking about a tiered pricing model for LTE data when it launches. Instead of allowing "unlimited" plans (5GB data cap), Big Red may instead charge different fees based on the amount of data used.
This might be a good deal for people that only use a little data, but in the future with much faster data connections, who's only going to use a little data? The thing to be aware of is that LTE data networks are expected to be much more efficient at delivering data. Carriers may only incur a half or one-third of the costs per megabyte of data on LTE as they do now. All things considered, we'd be surprised if even the cheap plans are a good deal.
Of course, we won't know how bad of a deal we're getting until LTE rolls out. Verizon is expecting the first round of LTE handsets to be available in early 2011. These will be LTE for data only, much like the EVO 4G uses WiMAX only for data. Verizon expects to be using LTE for voice calls by 2012. How much wireless data do you use in a month? Would you like a tiered pricing structure?
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Keith E. Whisman
May 27, 2010 at 4:37pm
I'm pretty epic with my usage I consume about 100GB downloaded and about 15GB Uploaded each month. I like my movies I mean you know Hulu... Yeah....
And the music services offered by Pirate bay and Demonoid.
bmomjian
May 27, 2010 at 4:19pm
Verizon started requiring the $30 ulimited data plan for smart phones in January, effectively pricing smartphones out of the market for casual data users. Hopefully this new pricing will change that.
athlon11
May 27, 2010 at 3:51pm
Verizon's unlimited plan is just that, unlimited, there is no 5GB cap, I myself have used over 5GB in a month a few times and have had no additional charges. I have also heard of people who have gone into the 12-13GB range repeatedly with no charges. The 5GB cap only applies to tethering, not to pure phone usage.
Ryan Whitwam
May 27, 2010 at 5:28pm
It's not usually a hard cap. It works sort of how Comcast's caps work. If you go over consistently, they'll complain. But doing it just a few times with your phone won't get their attention.
athlon11
May 27, 2010 at 7:37pm
It's not a cap at all, even Verizon employees say there is no cap for phone usage, it only applies when you tether.
D3lt4
May 28, 2010 at 5:33am
Wow! Well you know, when the verizon employees say this, it has to be true!
Kind of like how Comcast initially said it had no internet caps, hahahha that must have been an accident! Employees of giant lifeless corporations would never lie to their costumers! ever!
:P
Danthrax66
May 27, 2010 at 3:48pm
But at least sprints plan is $10 more for truly unlimited data, no cap at all.
Live, Learn, and Shut the Fuck Up.
big_montana
May 27, 2010 at 5:31pm
Sprint's is unlimited data now, no cap. I have the Pre with Exchange email and routinely receive over 200 emails a day plus I have have 4 personal email accounts setup on it also. I am on this phone all the time,as it is a laptop replacemnt for me, as I can edit documents on it, which I do frequently, no to mention when I am tied to my desk or in my car, have Pandora playing on it. I stram videos on it as well as use Sprint TV all the time as well. My bill is a constant $65 a month. I was looking at teh EVO until I heard about the additional fees, now not so sure. Do not see the need to pay an extra $10 for unlimited data when unlimited, uncapped data is already part of everyones plan. Just another money grab
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