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Verizon Confirms $30 Unlimited Plan for iPhone, Cuts $15 Option

Jan 25, 2011, 9:16 AM by Eric M. Zeman
updated Jan 25, 2011, 12:07 PM

Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam told the Wall Street Journal in an interview today that the company will offer iPhone customers an unlimited data plan for $30 per month. "I’m not going to shoot myself in the foot," he said. McAdam believes Verizon has to offer the unlimited option in order to maximize the appeal to potential defectors from AT&T. AT&T offered existing customers an extension of their $30 unlimited plans last summer with the launch of the iPhone 4. New AT&T customers have to choose between two different limited data plans. During its earnings call, Verizon executives also confirmed that it will also be dropping its $15 smartphone plan option at the end of January. The $15 monthly data plan allowed for 150MB of data and was introduced in October 2010. It won't be available to new iPhone customers, making the $30 unlimited plan the only option. However, Verizon will make the $30 unlimited data option available for a limited time only. Speaking later on Tuesday, McAdam said that Verizon will eventually return to tiered data plans as AT&T has done. The return to tiered data will happen in the "not too distant future."

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This isn't really bad for AT&T...	JeffdaBeat	Jan 25, 2011, 9:54 AM
Re: This isn't really bad for AT&T... by JeffroPuff Jan 25, 2011, 10:14 AM Re: This isn't really bad for AT&T... by CFoukas Jan 25, 2011, 10:23 AM Re: This isn't really bad for AT&T... by JeffroPuff Jan 25, 2011, 10:30 AM Re: This isn't really bad for AT&T... by Menno Jan 25, 2011, 10:42 AM Re: This isn't really bad for AT&T... by CFoukas Jan 25, 2011, 10:47 AM (more replies...) I do not want LTE by Azeron Jan 25, 2011, 6:03 PM
Yeah, that's real smart	T Bone	Jan 25, 2011, 9:26 AM
Re: Yeah, that's real smart by tjfenske Jan 25, 2011, 9:34 AM Re: Yeah, that's real smart by art23ncsu Jan 25, 2011, 10:05 AM Re: Yeah, that's real smart by JeffroPuff Jan 25, 2011, 10:21 AM Re: Yeah, that's real smart by trenen Jan 25, 2011, 10:47 AM Re: Yeah, that's real smart by epik Jan 25, 2011, 11:02 AM (more replies...) Re: Yeah, that's real smart by Menno Jan 25, 2011, 11:02 AM Re: Yeah, that's real smart by Caucasian Jan 25, 2011, 11:07 AM Re: Yeah, that's real smart by dh8ight Jan 26, 2011, 9:18 PM Re: Yeah, that's real smart by OrionsVantage Jan 25, 2011, 11:20 AM Re: Yeah, that's real smart by art23ncsu Jan 25, 2011, 11:28 AM Re: Yeah, that's real smart by jskrenes Jan 25, 2011, 1:45 PM Re: Yeah, that's real smart by AndroidRules Jan 25, 2011, 3:00 PM Re: Yeah, that's real smart by Slammer Jan 25, 2011, 9:18 PM
talk+text+surf=gsm	flip mode	Jan 25, 2011, 6:34 PM
Re: talk+text+surf=gsm by trojandrew Jan 25, 2011, 7:01 PM Re: talk+text+surf=gsm by flip mode Jan 25, 2011, 11:54 PM try it before you run your mouth by island-guy Jan 26, 2011, 2:18 AM Re: try it before you run your mouth by thickjake Jan 26, 2011, 7:23 AM (more replies...) Re: talk+text+surf=gsm by trenen Jan 26, 2011, 11:27 AM
Let the defections from AT&T begin! ! !	Jayshmay	Jan 25, 2011, 9:47 AM
Re: Let the defections from AT&T begin! ! ! by JeffroPuff Jan 25, 2011, 10:24 AM Re: Let the defections from AT&T begin! ! ! by Jayshmay Jan 25, 2011, 10:28 AM Re: Let the defections from AT&T begin! ! ! by flagrantmisuse Jan 25, 2011, 10:53 AM Re: Let the defections from AT&T begin! ! ! by Jayshmay Jan 25, 2011, 11:05 AM (more replies...) Re: Let the defections from AT&T begin! ! ! by Jami.T Jan 25, 2011, 5:35 PM Re: Let the defections from AT&T begin! ! ! by Azeron Jan 25, 2011, 7:10 PM Re: Let the defections from AT&T begin! ! ! by Jayshmay Jan 25, 2011, 7:18 PM Re: Let the defections from AT&T begin! ! ! by Azeron Jan 25, 2011, 9:12 PM Re: Let the defections from AT&T begin! ! ! by Jayshmay Jan 25, 2011, 9:22 PM (more replies...)
What is the over/under first week/month sales	6667779311	Jan 26, 2011, 7:36 AM
Re: What is the over/under first week/month sales by epik Jan 26, 2011, 10:57 AM Re: What is the over/under first week/month sales by 6667779311 Jan 26, 2011, 11:13 AM Re: What is the over/under first week/month sales by epik Jan 26, 2011, 11:39 AM
Good luck getting in touch with Verizon i-phone users!	island-guy	Jan 26, 2011, 2:23 AM
Re: Good luck getting in touch with Verizon i-phone users! by epik Jan 26, 2011, 11:00 AM
Speaking of Comedy Central	texaswireless	Jan 25, 2011, 12:44 PM
David Letterman by thickjake Jan 26, 2011, 7:35 AM Re: David Letterman by epik Jan 26, 2011, 10:58 AM
This is good for both parties...	TDBearCT	Jan 25, 2011, 11:21 AM
Re: This is good for both parties... by trenen Jan 25, 2011, 1:24 PM

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