AT&T and Verizon have slashed the prices of their wireless services. Since most of you are tech nerds, I’ll focus on the unlimited (talk, data, and text) plans for smartphones. Current AT&T users will be able to lower their costs to $119.99 a month starting on Monday, while Verizon customers can enjoy unlimited everything for $119.98.
While any price reduction is nice, these prices are still higher than what Sprint and T-Mobile offer. Sprint’s comparable plan costs $99.99, while T-Mobile’s costs $79.99. Naturally, the value of any of these services depends on the coverage you get at home, work, and the places you frequently travel to.
I guess I'm not too up to date with the unlimited plans, but is that supposed to be just for one line on verizon at $119?? I'm curious about it because my fiancé and I will be getting a verizon family plan once the iPhone comes out for verizon.
@bsukenyan Yes, that's one line for unlimited talk, data, and text.
I'd rather Verizon just slashed the price on my family plan.
Verizon is just too damn expensive on everything. We want to switch to Verizon, but they have require a data plan for unlimited data on a blackberry device. Also, if you want to use a BES, they charge 45.
What really irks me with Verizon is that for some reason voice is charged at a premium.
That's expensive for one line, but verizon knows they have the best service so they are more likely to charge a premium price for it because they know there will always be customers for it.
@bsukenyan The expense is relative. It depends on the coverage you get in the places you want it in. For all-you-can-eat plans, T-Mobile has the best pricing, but it also has the smallest coverage map. For me it's totally fine, since it covers the cities I travel to.
As for family plans, check out the press releases I linked in the body. Those have been reduced too.
@Ray. I'm sure I could do just fine with a different carrier, but I want verizon because I trust their network the most, I know that it will be reliable almost anywhere I go, and I'm familiar with it. I know I'm partially paying them for comfort (oh and also for IN calling and txting) snd I know that, but that is what I mean by saying that verizon knows they will always have customers even with a premium price. I am definitely more interested in the family plans that you linked, I just wasn't expecting to see a single line for that much, I wouldve expected about $20 less than listed.
@bsukenyan Verizon has always been the most expensive because of the size and reliability of its network. I'm surprised that you were surprised by the price. I think Verizon is a great network, but I think it's overpriced.