http://hothardware.com/cs/search/SearchResults.aspx?s=46&o=DateDescending&tag=smartphones,VZW&orTags=0Search results matching tags 'smartphones' and 'VZW'en-USCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/p/62528/433246.aspx#433246Thu, 09 Aug 2012 20:43:55 GMTba4e517a-01ef-48a6-b096-821b95afe388:433246tony4re<p>I&#39;m happy to still have my grandfathered unlimited data plan. I was scared to see what the cost would actually be based on my family plan actual data usage. Now I know. Yikes! We use around 16 GB between the 3 smartphones in our plan. Under the new structure, I&#39;d pay at least $40 more a month for what I&#39;m using now. Considering my wife and I started with 3G handsets and the two of use used barely 2GB a month for two years, I feel as long as VZW keeps honoring my unlimited data status, I&#39;m happy. If they take that away, they just removed my last incentive to stay with them. I know they have the best coverage but I don&#39;t travel all over the USA. The other three major carriers cover the DFW area quite well and now that VZW is requiring me to pay full price for handsets to keep unlimited data, They are walking a fine line to lose the thousands of dollars I pay them each year. I do use a lot of data because of the capabilities of my newer 4G handset. Making me pay forty dollars more to keep what I have would be... undesirable. That&#39;s the nicest way I can put it. Especially undesirable because I know that our next smartphones will either cost us full retail or will have to be used phones (likely with no warranty). I just don&#39;t like the idea of paying more and getting less...</p>