Comments on: Verizon CFO: Family Shared Data Plans Coming This Summer

By: biggz

biggz — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:05:00 +0000

no unlimited data will be no more you will have to share a limited data, so if you had 2 phones that both had unlimited. you will now have 2 phones and say 2gbs of data a month.

I have 10 phones on my account all with unlimited data and if verizon wants drop the unlimited and go to shared…. I will be leaving and going to another provider

By: Jeremyb352

Jeremyb352 — Thu, 03 May 2012 00:09:00 +0000

The only reason Sprint still offers an unlimited data plan is because there’re network data speeds are so slow that no one could possibly use more than what AT&T and big red are offering tiered in a month. I’ve had AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon in the last 12 months. My Sprint speeds were as slow as AT&T EDGE!!! Of that’s IF I had coverage at all.

By: Enzy

Enzy — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 05:20:00 +0000

I’ve checked with my sources, and can now say with certainty that yes, Jesus was Jewish, sent to die for the sins of the people that believe in a religion that did not exist at the time of his death.

By: TomDevCorben200

TomDevCorben200 — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 05:08:00 +0000

Someone told me that Jesus was Jewish… is this info still correct as of today?

By: Butters619

Butters619 — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:46:00 +0000

I would rather have a data cap than go to sprint.

By: Noyfb

Noyfb — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:41:00 +0000

You can have my unlimited data when you pry it from my cold dead hands…..or when they just cancel it, and then I go to sprint.

By: Stephen Cox

Stephen Cox — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:09:00 +0000

It is good as long as we keep the plan. That is what they told us when we signed up. And I am on the 5-line plan and saving $100/month on data.

By: Apostrafee

Apostrafee — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:18:00 +0000

I suppose can’t and won’t are two different things. I do work for an indirect Verizon store and day in and day out people WON’T pay for data for themselves or kids. I think it may be generational, the parents don’t see or understand paying $30 extra for a “phone”. Of course it takes a little explaining as to what these”phones” can do. But you are correct they can afford it….it always makes me laugh when someone comes in complaining about the data package but drives off in a new bmw and wearing a new louis vutton bag kids decked out in northface and all that….

By: Nitin Kumar

Nitin Kumar — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:41:00 +0000

I honestly think that more lines you have the more you will probably save. I mean verizon is not going to give you 8GB for 60 dollars if the double data deal is still there than there is no point of shared data and you might as well have your own plan. If they give me 15gb for 100 bucks, I am all for it. I have unlimited on my line but everyone else has 4GB, and I have 5 lines. I barely use 4 and everyone barely uses 1gb, so I am happy with that. If it is overall cheaper for me, I will sign up for it. Knowing Verizon and their premium way of doing things I wont be surprised if they assume people are stupid and try to rip people off by going shared data.

By: Justin Ellenbecker

Justin Ellenbecker — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:39:00 +0000

Let’s see my mom barely uses 250MB of data so i want it

By: Nitin Kumar

Nitin Kumar — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:37:00 +0000

Your kid must not be studying if he is using 14gb a month on his phone, lol. My nephew uses less than a gig and he goes to school too. He uses his phone mostly at home where he uses wifi.

By: Justin Ellenbecker

Justin Ellenbecker — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:33:00 +0000

What WiFi are you on? my home connection has a 100mb down and 5 up. 4G around here can’t touch that. That and the closest 4G is an hour and a half drive.

By: Justin Ellenbecker

Justin Ellenbecker — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:30:00 +0000

I am just hoping I can buy 1 monster pack and add in my XOOM and hotspot and not have them on separate plans anymore. Having 8 total devices and 6 of those 8 being smartphones/hotspots and 1 feature phone that requires the cheapest data package I would be shocked if I ended up paying more.

By: nicotinic

nicotinic — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:20:00 +0000

Yeah but smartphones have begun to replace computers as the primary access point for the Internet even at home.
The faster the connection and device the more the user relies on the phone. I was doing that on the 3g Droid X, now I have a Rezound and I’ll probably be using it more. X avg about 3-4gb.

By: capecodcarl

capecodcarl — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:16:00 +0000

What I think will be more important is if there is no limit on the number of devices you can have on the shared data plan, or at least some high limit. You may have 3 smartphone users, but a few may have a tablet or netbook and want mobile broadband on those. Why not let you share you pool of minutes between all the devices in your family? Data is data so why should I need multiple lines of service for a new device I just bought?