New plans of Verizon made official, cheaper than AT&T’s

19th January, 2010 by adina
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Verizon has confirmed the intention of revising its cell phone plan structure. Besides simpler Talk and Talk & Text pricing plans, Verizon offers now an unlimited voice plan for $70 and an unlimited voice and MMS/SMS plan for $90. These two new services do not include any data traffic but are less expensive, with about $40, than AT&T’s similar plans. Family plans are $80 less expensive, a voice-only plan being $120 and a voice and text one being available at $150.

The company is removing the $20 data plan for non-smartphones, but is expanding the basic data plan of $10 to all its 3G media devices. Handsets like the Nokia Twist and LG Chocolate Touch must be connected to the extra service giving them 25MB of data and e-mail access. These customers can also choose the $30 unlimited plan similar to that for smartphones.

Prepaid customers have now the possibility of choosing plans that are similar to the subscription-based ones and can get similar service for $5 more and the option of interrupting service temporarily at any time. The plans start at $45 monthly for 450 minutes of voice service or $65 with talk and goes up to $75 for unlimited voice and $95 for unlimited voice with messaging.

Much of the Verizon’s efforts are considered meant to determine customers to use smartphones or more lucrative high-end plans. All four major United States carriers have focused on unlimited usage. The best deal is coming from Sprint, which has combined voice and data plans from $70 upwards to provide unlimited calls to US cell phones, no matter what carrier or region is involved.


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