At CES 2010 Verizon’s Chief Technology Officer Dick Lynch spoke about the company’s future, specifically he focused on data consumption. Mr. Lynch made it very clear that the wireless company will be able to handle increasing Internet usage over the new few years by upgrading to the next generation of wireless technology, LTE. What he also said several times is that Verizon will end up billing differently in the future and he is sticking to his long-held view that the carrier should charge on a metered basis just like water and power companies. The underlying reason behind his mindset is that current unlimited data plans encourage overuse of the network, albeit by a small number of “bandwidth hogs” who send and receive lots of large files.
Fast forward to last night when BGR was leaked screenshots of the Verizon Wireless 2010 Plan Changes interactive online course. Verizon will dump their all-inclusive Premium Plan and rename the current Basic plan to Nationwide Talk and the Select Plan to Nationwide Talk & Text. Additionally a 30% drop in pricing on the unlimited minutes options for each of these plans is also expected – Unlimited Voice Plans will be $69.99/month, with a $89.99 per month option that includes unlimited Voice & Text. Verizon will be changing their data plans to reflect a new $9.99 data plan with 25MB and mobile email, a $29.99 unlimited plan with mobile email and overage charges for their $9.99 plan are down from 50 cents to 20 cents per MB. The 3G multimedia phone category has been expanded to include the enV3, Chocolate Touch and others and will not require a data plan of $9.99 or higher. The online course concluded with details on a new unlimited prepaid plan offering Talk & Text for $94.99 a month. If you are looking for details on the new Family Plans it looks like $119.99 per month for the first line and $49.99 for each additional line are going to be standard with unlimited text and data options as well.
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