Data & Family Plan Changes

Essentially I'm in search of definitive answers to the upcoming changes to the data paln services provided by Verizon. I've read a lot of posts in which some show benefit and some do not for what I may require after this paln change. I'm just looking for round dollar figures and why this may or may not work for me. Now we ahve three Smart devices (1 Droid with unlimited, 1 iPhone with limited data and 1 Galaxy Tablet with imited data) and two standard phones with no data services. In keeping things the way they are I would imagine there would be no change to my bill until a renewal is due. Now if I wanted to change the two plain mobile phones to Smart devices, I guess this is where things get tricky and prices may escalate (don't know for sure but trying to get answers). If I upgraded the other two to Smart phones, I would then have 5 smart devices on my plan sharing about 1400 voice minutes. I suppsoe I'm looking at a $300-$300+ bill per month based on the addition of data services whether they're the lowest possible per device or not. Is this true? Ironically we're also looking to add at least two iPads as well. Datahog, maybe we are and maybe we're not but it appears that this new structure will hurt quite a bit. It focuses on increasing revenue from data usage, per device. It seems to erase the benefit on having a family plan or migrating to one. Having data services have become a luxury my family is getting accustomed to because it allows you and your children to continue to work or do homework even while away or taking road trips. Again I'm not speaking as an expert on this matter but am simply trying to see what works best for me and my family.

Wane wrote:
Essentially I'm in search of definitive answers to the upcoming changes to the data paln services provided by Verizon. I've read a lot of posts in which some show benefit and some do not for what I may require after this paln change. I'm just looking for round dollar figures and why this may or may not work for me. Now we ahve three Smart devices (1 Droid with unlimited, 1 iPhone with limited data and 1 Galaxy Tablet with imited data) and two standard phones with no data services. In keeping things the way they are I would imagine there would be no change to my bill until a renewal is due. Now if I wanted to change the two plain mobile phones to Smart devices, I guess this is where things get tricky and prices may escalate (don't know for sure but trying to get answers). If I upgraded the other two to Smart phones, I would then have 5 smart devices on my plan sharing about 1400 voice minutes. I suppsoe I'm looking at a $300-$300+ bill per month based on the addition of data services whether they're the lowest possible per device or not. Is this true? Yes. Ironically we're also looking to add at least two iPads as well. Datahog, maybe we are and maybe we're not but it appears that this new structure will hurt quite a bit. It focuses on increasing revenue from data usage, per device. It seems to erase the benefit on having a family plan or migrating to one. Having data services have become a luxury my family is getting accustomed to because it allows you and your children to continue to work or do homework even while away or taking road trips. Again I'm not speaking as an expert on this matter but am simply trying to see what works best for me and my family.
This all depends on your data usage. if you were to add 2 smartphones AND 2 ipads, your current bill would increase by about $100 i believe (maybe even more). you have a few options.
you could change to the plan and have 5 smartphones and 3 tablets sharing 15gigs of data for $380.
you could use your smartphones as hotspots and wouldn't need to add the 3 tablets to the plan, for $350 ($380-the 3 $10 tablet fees).
if you will use less than 15 gb's it could be cheaper (in the first example, if you shared 10 gb's it would be $330). it really just depends on how much data you use. your devices are capped now (except for the one device with unlimited) so i suspect if you check out your total data usage for the past few months, you may be under 10 gigs. if that's the case, then you'll save $ on the new shared plans.

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Explain plan changing after partition exchange

I currently have a data warehouse where I use partition exchange to refresh the data. I'm finding that after a partition exchange of exactly the same data. explain plan changes.
database 11.2.0.2
To demonstrate what I'm doing I simplified the steps.
first I gather stats on the table that will be exchanged and run explain plan
exec dbms_stats.gather_table_stats( ownname=> 'IDW_TARGET', tabname=> 'PROGRAM_DIM' );
Select
FROM IDW_TARGET.ITD_MONTHLY_SUMMARY_FACT A,
IDW_TARGET.GL_PERIOD_DIM B,
IDW_TARGET.PROGRAM_DIM C,
IDW_TARGET.RPT_ENTITY_DIM D
WHERE ASST_SEC_CONCISE_NAME = 'abc'
AND A.GL_PERIOD_KEY = B.KEY
AND A.PROGRAM_KEY = C.KEY
AND A.RPT_ENTITY_KEY = D.KEY
AND B.PERIOD_YEAR >= 2006;
** uses FTS on fact table and runs in 20 seconds. **
| Id | Operation | Name | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time | Pstart| Pstop | TQ |IN-OUT| PQ Distrib |
| 0 | SELECT STATEMENT | | 25M| 71G| 47105 (1)| 00:09:26 | | | | | |
| 1 | PX COORDINATOR | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | PX SEND QC (RANDOM) | :TQ10003 | 25M| 71G| 47105 (1)| 00:09:26 | | | Q1,03 | P->S | QC (RAND) |
|* 3 | HASH JOIN | | 25M| 71G| 47105 (1)| 00:09:26 | | | Q1,03 | PCWP | |
| 4 | BUFFER SORT | | | | | | | | Q1,03 | PCWC | |
| 5 | PX RECEIVE | | 4551 | 1773K| 103 (0)| 00:00:02 | | | Q1,03 | PCWP | |
| 6 | PX SEND BROADCAST | :TQ10000 | 4551 | 1773K| 103 (0)| 00:00:02 | | | | S->P | BROADCAST |
| 7 | PARTITION RANGE SINGLE | | 4551 | 1773K| 103 (0)| 00:00:02 | 1 | 1 | | | |
| 8 | TABLE ACCESS FULL | RPT_ENTITY_DIM | 4551 | 1773K| 103 (0)| 00:00:02 | 1 | 1 | | | |
|* 9 | HASH JOIN | | 25M| 61G| 46999 (1)| 00:09:24 | | | Q1,03 | PCWP | |
| 10 | BUFFER SORT | | | | | | | | Q1,03 | PCWC | |
| 11 | PX RECEIVE | | 184 | 35696 | 5 (0)| 00:00:01 | | | Q1,03 | PCWP | |
| 12 | PX SEND BROADCAST | :TQ10001 | 184 | 35696 | 5 (0)| 00:00:01 | | | | S->P | BROADCAST |
| 13 | PARTITION RANGE SINGLE | | 184 | 35696 | 5 (0)| 00:00:01 | 1 | 1 | | | |
|* 14 | TABLE ACCESS FULL | GL_PERIOD_DIM | 184 | 35696 | 5 (0)| 00:00:01 | 1 | 1 | | | |
|* 15 | HASH JOIN | | 25M| 57G| 46992 (1)| 00:09:24 | | | Q1,03 | PCWP | |
| 16 | BUFFER SORT | | | | | | | | Q1,03 | PCWC | |
| 17 | PX RECEIVE | | 4085 | 6829K| 1334 (1)| 00:00:17 | | | Q1,03 | PCWP | |
| 18 | PX SEND BROADCAST | :TQ10002 | 4085 | 6829K| 1334 (1)| 00:00:17 | | | | S->P | BROADCAST |
| 19 | PARTITION RANGE SINGLE| | 4085 | 6829K| 1334 (1)| 00:00:17 | 1 | 1 | | | |
|* 20 | TABLE ACCESS FULL | PROGRAM_DIM | 4085 | 6829K| 1334 (1)| 00:00:17 | 1 | 1 | | | |
| 21 | PX BLOCK ITERATOR | | 71M| 45G| 45650 (1)| 00:09:08 | 1 | LAST | Q1,03 | PCWC | |
| 22 | TABLE ACCESS FULL | ITD_MONTHLY_SUMMARY_FACT | 71M| 45G| 45650 (1)| 00:09:08 | 1 | 141 | Q1,03 | PCWP | |
Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
3 - access("A"."RPT_ENTITY_KEY"="D"."KEY")
9 - access("A"."GL_PERIOD_KEY"="B"."KEY")
14 - filter("B"."PERIOD_YEAR">=2006)
15 - access("A"."PROGRAM_KEY"="C"."KEY")
20 - filter("ASST_SEC_CONCISE_NAME"='abc'')
drop table PELPROGRAMDIMALLDATA; -- Start fresh here and drop the partition that will be exchanged
create table PELPROGRAMDIMALLDATA as select * from PROGRAM_DIM; -- going to use exact same data for partition exchange (only one parition)
alter table PELPROGRAMDIMALLDATA add constraint CON_342 unique ("VALUE" ) using index ;
alter table PELPROGRAMDIMALLDATA add constraint CON_343 primary key ("KEY" ) using index ;
exec dbms_stats.gather_table_stats(ownname=>'IDW_TARGET', tabname=>'PELPROGRAMDIMALLDATA');
alter table PROGRAM_DIM exchange partition ALL_DATA with table PELPROGRAMDIMALLDATA excluding indexes;
** rebuild indexes **
** explain plan for same statement uses nested loop**
| Id | Operation | Name | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time | Pstart| Pstop | TQ |IN-OUT| PQ Distrib |
| 0 | SELECT STATEMENT | | 2637K| 7514M| 33428 (1)| 00:06:42 | | | | | |
| 1 | PX COORDINATOR | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | PX SEND QC (RANDOM) | :TQ10003 | 2637K| 7514M| 33428 (1)| 00:06:42 | | | Q1,03 | P->S | QC (RAND) |
|* 3 | HASH JOIN | | 2637K| 7514M| 33428 (1)| 00:06:42 | | | Q1,03 | PCWP | |
| 4 | BUFFER SORT | | | | | | | | Q1,03 | PCWC | |
| 5 | PX RECEIVE | | 4551 | 1773K| 103 (0)| 00:00:02 | | | Q1,03 | PCWP | |
| 6 | PX SEND BROADCAST | :TQ10000 | 4551 | 1773K| 103 (0)| 00:00:02 | | | | S->P | BROADCAST |
| 7 | PARTITION RANGE SINGLE | | 4551 | 1773K| 103 (0)| 00:00:02 | 1 | 1 | | | |
| 8 | TABLE ACCESS FULL | RPT_ENTITY_DIM | 4551 | 1773K| 103 (0)| 00:00:02 | 1 | 1 | | | |
|* 9 | HASH JOIN | | 2637K| 6511M| 33324 (1)| 00:06:40 | | | Q1,03 | PCWP | |
| 10 | BUFFER SORT | | | | | | | | Q1,03 | PCWC | |
| 11 | PX RECEIVE | | 184 | 35696 | 5 (0)| 00:00:01 | | | Q1,03 | PCWP | |
| 12 | PX SEND BROADCAST | :TQ10001 | 184 | 35696 | 5 (0)| 00:00:01 | | | | S->P | BROADCAST |
| 13 | PARTITION RANGE SINGLE | | 184 | 35696 | 5 (0)| 00:00:01 | 1 | 1 | | | |
|* 14 | TABLE ACCESS FULL | GL_PERIOD_DIM | 184 | 35696 | 5 (0)| 00:00:01 | 1 | 1 | | | |
| 15 | NESTED LOOPS | | 2642K| 6035M| 33318 (1)| 00:06:40 | | | Q1,03 | PCWP | |
| 16 | BUFFER SORT | | | | | | | | Q1,03 | PCWC | |
| 17 | PX RECEIVE | | | | | | | | Q1,03 | PCWP | |
| 18 | PX SEND ROUND-ROBIN | :TQ10002 | | | | | | | | S->P | RND-ROBIN |
| 19 | PARTITION RANGE SINGLE | | 420 | 702K| 220 (0)| 00:00:03 | 1 | 1 | | | |
| 20 | TABLE ACCESS BY LOCAL INDEX ROWID| PROGRAM_DIM | 420 | 702K| 220 (0)| 00:00:03 | 1 | 1 | | | |
|* 21 | INDEX RANGE SCAN | PROGRAM_DIM_IX20 | 420 | | 3 (0)| 00:00:01 | 1 | 1 | | | |
| 22 | PARTITION RANGE ALL | | 6299 | 4201K| 33318 (1)| 00:06:40 | 1 | 9 | Q1,03 | PCWP | |
| 23 | PARTITION LIST ALL | | 6299 | 4201K| 33318 (1)| 00:06:40 | 1 | LAST | Q1,03 | PCWP | |
| 24 | TABLE ACCESS BY LOCAL INDEX ROWID | ITD_MONTHLY_SUMMARY_FACT | 6299 | 4201K| 33318 (1)| 00:06:40 | 1 | 141 | Q1,03 | PCWP | |
| 25 | BITMAP CONVERSION TO ROWIDS | | | | | | | | Q1,03 | PCWP | |
|* 26 | BITMAP INDEX SINGLE VALUE | ITD_MONTHLY_SUMMARY_SK09 | | | | | 1 | 141 | Q1,03 | PCWP | |
Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
3 - access("A"."RPT_ENTITY_KEY"="D"."KEY")
9 - access("A"."GL_PERIOD_KEY"="B"."KEY")
14 - filter("B"."PERIOD_YEAR">=2006)
21 - access("ASST_SEC_CONCISE_NAME"='abc')
26 - access("A"."PROGRAM_KEY"="C"."KEY")
exec dbms_stats.gather_table_stats( ownname=> 'IDW_TARGET', tabname=> 'PROGRAM_DIM' );
** explain plan for same statement uses full table scan**
see first explain plan
Since the stats were not gathered after the partition exchange I would imagine that they would still be used.
Edited by: user12198207 on Feb 7, 2012 8:13 AM
Edited by: user12198207 on Feb 7, 2012 9:47 AM

Locking stats did not make any difference. Also, I deleted the stats at the global level leaving just partition stats and it continued to use the nested loop which takes 15+ minutes instead of 20 seconds with the FTS.
In my original situation it listed the stats at the global level as stale after the partition exchange. But after I removed many of the steps and use just what's described in this posts.
select * from dba_tab_statistics
where table_name='PROGRAM_DIM';
shows stale stats=no for both global and partition. Kind of unexpected. Further digging in shows that is just determined by a case statement.
from dba_tab_statistics view ddl
case
when t.analyzetime is null then null
when ((m.inserts + m.deletes + m.updates) >
t.rowcnt *
to_number(DBMS_STATS.GET_PREFS('STALE_PERCENT',
u.name, o.name))/100 or
bitand(m.flags,1) = 1) then 'YES'
else 'NO'
end

Have family plan with 250 data which I almost use each month. Going on vacation and will be on the road for two weeks. Should I up my data for a month then change back. Is it worth it or should I just run over and pay the extra 15 per gig?

have family plan with 250 data which I almost use each month. Going on vacation and will be on the road for two weeks. Should I up my data for a month then change back. Is it worth it or should I just run over and pay the extra 15 per gig?

Hello mlazaretti. Vacation time is awesome. (Especially a road trip!) Since you will be going out for two weeks, you never know if having extra data may come in handy. I highly recommend switching to the next tier up so this way you have more data. This way it is only $10.00 more versus $15.00, and you dont have to worry about overages. Then change back at the start of the next billing cycle.
If you need help making this change let us know! Have a safe trip!
NicandroN_VZW
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Can I change my family plan to the month to month plan prior to my contract end date and still use the same phone without an etf

can I change my family plan to the month to month plan prior to my contract end date and still use the same phone without an etf

Great question dreyfusdad !
I understand it’s always good to be aware of the changes once your contract is completed and I’m happy to help you. You can log into My Verizon to view the contract end date. Tikibar1, thank you for pointing in the right direction; it will automatically continue to bill you as usual, but it will be on a month to month basis. It will keep you on a post paid account; however, if you wanted to transfer to a Prepaid account the process may be different. We’d love the opportunity to review your account for the best plan for you. Please let us know if we can help you with that.
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If I use a family member's upgrade in the family plan, will they lose their unlimited data?

Hi there. So since my birthday is next week, and I'm on a family plan with my parents and 2 brothers, they're letting me use someone's upgrade to get the iPhone 5 since my upgrade isn't due until November. The upgrade that's available now is my older brother's. He is so paranoid that if I use his upgrade, he'll lose his unlimited data. Is this true? I know that I'll lose mine, which is fine, but he does a lot of stuff with his iPhone and doesn't want to lose it yet. So if I use his upgrade, will we both lose the unlimited data or just me?

scarletknights928 wrote:
Hi there. So since my birthday is next week, and I'm on a family plan with my parents and 2 brothers, they're letting me use someone's upgrade to get the iPhone 5 since my upgrade isn't due until November. The upgrade that's available now is my older brother's. He is so paranoid that if I use his upgrade, he'll lose his unlimited data. Is this true? I know that I'll lose mine, which is fine, but he does a lot of stuff with his iPhone and doesn't want to lose it yet. So if I use his upgrade, will we both lose the unlimited data or just me?
Actually the way I understand it, your brother will lose his unlimited data but you will retain yours.
Because the upgrade is coming from his line, that line of service must select a tiered data plan.
Your line is, in effect not changing (you will just be activating a different phone) so the data plan is not affected.
Hope this clears it up for you.
Good luck & Happy Birthday

Remove data plan from family plan with basic phones?

Is there a way to remove a data plan from a family plan with just basic phones on it? We used to have a $20/month basic plan until we had to get a data plan for our son's iPhone. He no longer has the iPhone with Verizon and has removed his line from the plan because he has an Android with Sprint. We also were required to use the data plan because we at one point had one of those "Hotspot" devices as a temporary solution for at-home Internet until our DSL line could be fixed. As of now we no longer have the hotspot device or the iPhone, but we still have a data plan that is patently useless because all we have are basic phones. On the My Verizon Wireless website, it says that "your text and data are now bundled with your plan" or something to that effect. I don't want to be paying extra for a useless data plan that we don't need or want because we are not in the market for fancy smart phones or tablets any time soon.
Is there any way to unbundle or detach the data plan so that we no longer have one and just have the unlimited text and calling plan without data? Our daughter is fine with her EnV Touch from 2005 and us old folks are perfectly content with the basic flip phones. Is the EnV a data phone too, in which case we should get rid of the EnV Touch in favor of an even more "basic" basic phone? She's not much of a technology buff like her brother is and has even suggested getting rid of the "fancier" phone that she has for a basic flip phone. Are we stuck with the data plan unless we break everyone off from the family plan (it's just me, my husband, my daughter, and my sister for right now) and move everyone to pay-as-you-go or no-contract? Wouldn't that end up costing more in the long run? How can we get rid of this annoying and expensive data plan that nobody on our network even uses and is causing a headache of expense?

As I understand the plans now (and this could be wrong, they change so often I get confused!!) to have the "pay as you go" data, on the More Everything, you have 700 shared minutes. To bump up to unlimited minutes, there is an attached data plan of 500 MB, and the total cost for 4 basic phones, unlimited minutes and text, 500 MB data, is $100/mo ($20 for each basic phone line access, and $20 for the data). The 700 shared minutes and pay as you go data is $85.
You can change your plan at any time.

Why is that when I changed my plan to a family plan, it pushed my device upgrade back another full year?

In November of last year, I added my mother to my plan and it changed us to a family plan. Judging by from when I bought my device, I should have an upgrade this March, but since we changed the plan, my device upgrade was pushed back until March 2015? Why is this?

I'm not sure when Verizon discontinued early upgrades at 20 months, but I believe that it may have been in April of 2013. Regardless, if you upgraded at a discount in March of 2013, the EARLIEST your upgrade eligibility date could have been would be November of 2014, NOT early to mid 2014. I can't see ANY way that you would possibly have had an upgrade eligibility date of early to mid 2014. Additionally, when Verizon discontinued early upgrades, it happened all at once so any contracts signed on or after January 1, 2012 were automatically switched to the end of the 2yr contract which was signed. As I said before, this switch was made in April 2013, I believe, so your eligibility date would have been changed at that time, not when you added a new line.
Is it possible that you had mistaken early to mid 2014 when it was originally November of 2014 for your original upgrade date and that was switched to March of 2015 when early upgrades were discontinued in April of 2014? That seems to be a more likely scenario.

Is it possible to choose which party has the unlimited data on a family plan?

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Thanks

mdram4x4 wrote:
i do not think you can swap numbers between lines
and the data plan is tied to the contract for the line/number
you would have each others numbers
or you could change to a new and diff number after the swapping
then you would oth have new different numbers
***THIS IS THE ANSWER THAT I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR!!!***
My family will be moving within the next 8 months or so. I can only assume, due to work and location, that we'll change our numbers. This is a brilliant way that I can obtain my wife's unlimited data plan. She doesn't use anywhere close to 500MB, due to the fact of being a stay at home mom.
This is the reason why I get on these forums!!!

In a family plan w/ unlimited data... Can I still AOL?

Following the recent shared family plan announcement, I've found a number of posts relating to users with unlimited data, but no recent posts regarding my specific issue. I was hoping somebody could provide some help.
My phone is one line in an unlimited family plan. I have a grandfathered data plan with unlimited data and unlimited mobile hotspot. Switching to the shared family plan would benefit every line in the family except for mine. I would like to see if it's possible to separate my line from the current family plan and keep my existing data services.
I found the following discussion on these forums:
https://community.verizonwireless.com/message/587630
The thread above seems to indicate that, yes, I could perform an "Assumption of Liability" on my current line, which would separate it from the family plan and preserve the existing service structure. That discussion ended a year ago, though, and Verizon has had many opportunities to change their stance.
Is this still possible, or will I have to revise my services no matter what?
Thank you
Sorry for posting this a second time. I didn't notice the option to mark something as a question. I've deleted my original post.

After visiting a local Verizon store yesterday, I learned that this is still possible.
The sales representative mentioned that there's a chance that the data plan will not transfer over once the AOL is finalized. If that happens, I have 30 days to call Verizon to have the situation corrected. Seems really ridiculous that a multi-billion dollar company can make an account change in their system, and it only MIGHT work.

Canceling data on family plan

i have been thinking about getting the kin two m because of its wifi and i know that you have to go online to shut off the data useage so you dont get charged...... but i was wondering how this works if you an additional line on a family plan and other users on the plan have a data plan. could this be a problem?
thanks in advance for all of your answers

I had a phone damaged and replaced with the kin two by asuion. It was listed as a replacement for the Verse. When I tried to activate it Verizon wouldn't do it without changing the family plan I was still under contract with(included unlimited data plan). I am paying for a service for a few months till contract is up for an unused phone. I have called several times and have not had a returned call from Verizon, always supervisor is busy, will call you back. I have experienced the poorest customer service and will be canceling 5 phones within 3 months and several more later. I see that the Kin Two is still listed as a feature phone on the site. BEWARE!!!!

Change from Family Plan to Single Plan

I have a family plan with 2 lines. Mine is the primary line, but we have about a year and a half left on our contract. I need to change my plan so that I do not have the family plan anymore, and just keep my own line. My question is, will I be charged extra fees to drop a line, will my bill go down or stay the same, and will I lose my unlimited data?

Both lines started a new contract about 6 months ago? (that's how I read we have about a year and a half left on our contract) Is there someone who is to take over the second line? If you got two discounted phones 6 months ago, then both lines are under contract. There will be an ETF on the line you cancel - $350 less ~$60 if it is a smartphone, $175 less ~$30 if it is a basic phone that was purchased initially.
I don't know what your plan is now, or what you might change it to, so I have no idea if the bill will go up or down. You said you have unlimited data now, so you must have had the plan prior to this recent upgrade.... however, if you change plans (and dropping a line and switching to an individual plan will be a plan change) then it's likely the unlimited data will not carry over to the new plan.
Each line has it's own contract and upgrade eligibility. Call #UPG on each phone to see when each line is eligible for an upgrade and when the contract ends for that line (or log on to MyVerizon as the account owner and view the information for each line there)
Post back if you have further questions - you really didn't provide enough information to give you a more definite answer.

Forefeit Free 4G LTE Double Data for Family Plan Upgrade?

I am currently on a Family Share plan with 4 total lines, two smartphones and two flip phones. One smartphone currently has the unlimited data plan, and my own Droid Razr has 4GB data plan, which was doubled from 2GB for free as part of Verizon's extended promotion of 4G LTE devices.
One of the flip phone lines will soon be upgrading to a smartphone. The Verizon store associate advised us that when this happens, our family plan will convert to the new structure. Generally speaking, for our situation, I find the new data plan structure attractive. My sister makes no use of her unlimited data plan, and those other data hogs are what's driving up the costs of plans for more conservative users like us. However, the associate also indicated that under the new plan, I'd be forfeiting the 2GB I currently receive for free. I tend to use between 2-3 GB per cycle, so this is obviously a concern and going to cost us substantially more money under the new plan. With our plan, I'll effectively be paying $120 more per year for data that I was told would be free.
Given that the double data promotion was a significant factor in my purchase decision, and that it's only be a few months since I renewed my contract under those terms, it seems unreasonable that this promotion isn't extended to the new plans. Furthermore, the new plans are structured to offer data in 2GB increments, so it should not be difficult (as it would be with the unlimited plan) to simply add 2 free GB to our new family plan.
Was the store associate correct about this change? If so, how is it fair to a longstanding customer to offer a bait-and-switch style promotion? Is Verizon going to keep changing plan structures and ripping off customers lured in by assurances of free data?

in my opinion, he was incorrect. i "think" that you can upgrade the flip phone to a smartphone and that line would just select the individual tiered plan of $30 for 2 gigs. that is the way i understand it. of course, i could be wrong. the following is from there own website and i read as the current plans will still be available, and really, the only thing completely going away are the grandfathered, unlimited plans.
You're not required to move to Share Everything but if you do, unlimited data will not be retained on your line. As a Verizon Wireless customer you have choices when you upgrade at discounted pricing. You can choose from a standalone data package starting at $30 for 2GB or a Share Everything Plan. If keeping unlimited is important to you, you can choose to upgrade and pay full retail price for the phone.

What is my best option for a family plan. We have 1 smartphone that uses very little data a usually wifi is avaiable and 3 basic phones. Currently we have 700 shared minutes and unlimited texting. And 30 data. I don't think he needs that much as wifi is e

What is the best family plan option. Currently have one smart phone with 30gb of data and 3 basic phones. Also have home phone for $20/month. Current plan is 700 shared minutes and unlimited texting. My bill is close to $200/month, looking to lower if possible.

On a tablet- pse forgive typos....
Great Advice given earlier by SuzyQ - I believe the question not asked of you is ---what do you want to pay for the services that you need. I think that it would narrow the groups suggestions if you could narrow your needs.
For example: I need talk and text on 4 phones and some data say, 2 Gig, on only one of the phones. what plan is the best cost for me? You may also need to ask what the cost may be to switch to a different plan. I suspect that there will be no cost within Verizon-but ask anyway.
I do not think that you can have a smart phone on any Verizon plan unless you agree to buy data for that phone. Also, you said that wifi is often available-however, I do not believe that Verizon allows talking over wifi without consuming airtime minutes-only data over wifi avoids your allowance to be impacted.
As most here already know, several other service providers offer wifi-friendly service (talk/text/data) that will provide home/business/restaurant service without impacting your allowance- just not here.
After getting some suggestions here, call 611 and confirm availibility and price.
Best of luck in your research.

Convert Family Plan Line to data only line for iPad

I currently have 4 lines on verizons old family share plan. 3 are Iphones. 2 of them have unlimited data, 1 with 2GBs a month, and the other line is a basic phone that doesn't get used much and does not have a data plan attached. I dont want to touch the 2 with unlimited data or the one with 2GB of data. The 4th line is a basic line and has a contract till Feb 2014. My bill avg 250.00 with the 4 lines, 2000 min, unlimited text and the data plans that are on it now. All together, we avg about 12 GB a month and durring the summer, it has gone as high as 20GB Our family uses Pandora, SlingBox apps, and Netflix, quite abit and although we have Internet and WiFi at home, and use WiFi when ever possible, living in a small town, free hotspots are hard to come by.
I have a Verizon Ipad 3 with LTE that its deactivated due to low use outside a WiFi network but for convenice sake, I might reactivate it. But to finish out the 4th line (basic phone line) contract, can swap that 4th voice line to the iPad 3 with LTE, finish out the 4th line contract? I know I would have no problem adding data to the 4th line, getting a 4g sim so i would be looking at 9.99 + 30.00 for 2gbs for a total of 40.00 for that line.
What I was hoping for was to just get a data only plan on the iPad and not pay a ETF on the 4th line since that line would still be active, just only on a data only plan. I do understand that tablets only have tiered data plans availble to them.

As long as the line remains in service during the life of the contract, you can pretty much do whatever you want with it.

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