Verizon Wireless Introduces New Unlimited Plans
Posted by gasusan2005 on 02/19/08 in Verizon Wireless
New Voice Plans Mean No More Counting Minutes, While New Data Plans Add Affordable New Options
Verizon Wireless today announced the immediate availability of new Nationwide Unlimited Anytime Minute Plans. The plans give customers all their calls –anytime to anyone in the U.S., including landline phones — at a flat rate for $99.99 monthly access. BroadbandAccess Plans are also being enhanced so customers now have two choices for Internet browsing, e-mail access and downloading files. The new BroadbandAccess plans, available on March 2,will offer customers monthly data plan options of 50 Megabytes (MB) or 5 Gigabytes (GB) (5,120 MB).
BroadbandAccess, the company’s flagship data service, allows customers
to experience average download speeds of 600 kilobits per second (kbps) to 1.4 megabits per second and average upload speeds of 500-800 kbps, which means customers can download a 1 MB e-mail attachment in about eight seconds and upload the same-sized file in less than 13 seconds. Customers will be able to take full advantage of these speeds with two options: 50 MB data usage for $39.99 monthly access or 5 GB data usage for $59.99 monthly access.
“These new flat rate plans make mobile broadband more affordable than
ever,” said Lanman. “The $39.99 plan is perfect for the occasional or light
data user, while the $59.99 plan meets the needs of the majority of heavy
data users. The plans are easy to understand and give customers the
technology they need to manage their lives — both business and personal.”
For more information http://www.verizonwireless.com.
Source: Verizon press release
































New data plans? Blah. The 5 GB plan is the same old “unlimited” plan (which had a soft cap of 5 GB) at the same old $60 price. They’re just being more honest with the naming.
I assume those are laptop plans, though. My “unlimited” (5 GB) PDA plan is $45 per month with an option to add tethering for another $15 per month.