Verizon has officially announced changes to their calling plans. Current Verizon customers can keep their current plans or change to any of the news plans at any time.
Starting Jan. 18, Verizon customers may sign up for a new Nationwide Unlimited Talk plan
that allows customers to call anyone in the United States for $69.99
monthly access or a Nationwide Unlimited Talk & Text plan to call
and send text, picture and video messages to anyone in the country for
$89.99 monthly access.
Nationwide Family SharePlans will also have new unlimited
options. Nationwide Unlimited Talk Family SharePlans will be $119.99
monthly access while the Nationwide Unlimited Talk & Text Family
SharePlans will be $149.99 monthly access. All Family SharePlan pricing
includes the first two lines of service. Standard text message rates
will apply for customers on the Nationwide Unlimited Talk plans who do
not sign up for a text messaging bundle.
Data Packages
The company also announced the
expansion of the 25 megabyte for $9.99 per month data package
requirement to include all Verizon Wireless 3G Multimedia phones, which
gives customers quick access to Mobile E-mail, games and the Internet.
The data package requirement was introduced last year with the LG enV
TOUCH and the Samsung Rogue. Today's announcement expands that list to
include new activations of the LG Chocolate Touch, LG enV®3, LG
VX8360, Motorola Entice W766, Nokia 7705 Twist and Samsung Alias 2.
The company expects to introduce a host of 3G Multimedia phones in
2010. The $19.99 data package option for 3G Multimedia phones has been
discontinued.
Customers using Simple Feature phones (Mobile Web-enabled) will
continue to pay $1.99 per megabyte or choose either the $9.99 or $29.99
data packages.
The consumer data package for 3G Smartphones such as
BlackBerry®, Windows Mobile® or Android devices will remain at $29.99
per month..
Prepaid Plans
Verizon Wireless will also offer
customers new prepaid plans beginning Jan. 18. For those who prefer
pay-as-you-go options, but want a no-holds approach to calling and
texting, new Monthly Unlimited Prepaid plans will give customers the
same great calling options as monthly contract subscribers for just $5
more per month. Prepaid Monthly Unlimited Talk is now available for
$74.99 per month while contract subscribers pay $69.99 for the same
unlimited calling option. Prepaid Monthly Unlimited Talk & Text
will be available for $94.99 per month. The 450- and 900-minute Monthly
Prepaid plans will also be available for $5 more per month than
comparable postpaid plans.
Existing Customers
Today's announcement will
not have an impact on existing customer contracts, although customers
may choose to move to any of the new plans. The company allows
customers to change their service plans at any time without penalty or
contract extension.