Verizon Wireless customers beware!
Are you a Verizon Wireless customer? Do you have a grandfathered unlimited data account?
Well…. we’ve got some bad news. Possibly.
Verizon has kiiiind of announced that they are going to disconnect these customers from its network if they use more than 100 GB of data a month and don’t switch to one of the company’s new wireless plans.
A Verizon Spokesperson told Ars Technica:
“Because our network is a shared resource and we need to ensure all customers have a great mobile experience with Verizon, we are notifying a very small group of customers on unlimited plans who use an extraordinary amount of data that they must move to one of the new Verizon Plans by August 31, 2016, these users are using data amounts well in excess of our largest plan size (100GB). While the Verizon Plan at 100GB is designed to be shared across multiple users, each line receiving notification to move to the new Verizon Plan is using well in excess of that on a single device.”
Well that sucks, guys. And it’s not long after Verizon raised the price of its grandfathered unlimited data plan from $30 to $50 per month. If you want to use 100GB a month , you’re looking at $450 big ones per month for that plan.
Do you use 100GB a month?