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Released: June 23, 2011
Verizon to end unlimited data plans
Source: Cecilia Kang, Washington Post (Free Registration)
Next month, Verizon Wireless will start charging new users by how much data they consume, becoming the latest national carrier to phase out all-you-can-eat mobile Internet plans. Verizon spokeswoman Brenda Raney declined Tuesday to offer details about the billing changes, saying only that the company is “making some minor changes to data plans including those for new smartphone customers.” “We will move to a more usage-based pricing model in July,” Raney said, declining to comment on whether current customers — who use 104 million devices on Verizon’s network — would be affected. Experts say it’s only a matter of time before all wireless carriers give up their unlimited data plans and start charging the biggest Internet users more.Read Full Article: Verizon to end unlimited data plans
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