NSBR: Verizon's New Plan Calculator

[hz80408]

After posting about the new plan format yesterday, I wanted to share this Verizon calculator in case you haven't seen it www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/splash/shareEverythingCalculator.jsp

I'm trying it out right now to see if it's helpful.

[janegold]

Hmm, it recommends the $150 plan for us (2 smartphones). That doesn't include taxes and fees. Right now, I think we pay about $200 including tax and fees. But the $150 plan also only includes 4GB of data and we sometimes go over that on our currently unlimited plan.

So it might save us a bit of money, but I feel like I am losing out big time on not having our unlimited data!

[hz80408]

Jane- I don't remember; do you have a current plan and you'll have the option of opting into the new plan format?

Edited for content: We pay $205/right now and I want to upgrade to a smart phone; which adds $20. $225 vs new plan rec'd $230 is pretty close.

[ssmjlm]

It's recommending a $130/month plan for us. We play $105 now after discount. Umm, even with DH's 20%, 130+taxes/fees-discount > current bill.

[honey987]

This sucks for us. Right now we pay 203.00 for 3 smart phones and 1 dumb phone. No text messages and 1400 minutes. We have unlimited data and between the 3 of us use about 6-10 gb's and depending on how much we travel that month can go over that. On the new plan we would be paying 230 before taxes and other fees. Luckily we just got new phones about 2 months ago so we have 2 years to think about this, but it's likely no more Verizon for us if this plan is our only option.

[janegold]

Jun 14, 2012 13:57:55 GMT -5 hz80408 said:

Jane- I don't remember; do you have a current plan and you'll have the option of opting into the new plan format?

Edited for content: We pay $205/right now and I want to upgrade to a smart phone; which adds $20. $225 vs new plan rec'd $230 is pretty close.

Yup, I'm also hoping to upgrade my phone and trying to figure out timing based on their June 28th date since I won't have the option of staying on our current unlimited data plan if I upgrade after that date.