Verizon Unveils ‘Share Everything’ Plans, Unlimited Voice Now The Only Option

We all know how much it costs to have a family on cell phones these days. The upfront costs, monthly charges per line, and any overage amounts can quickly drain any family budget. Well Verizon has now unveiled their new ‘Share Everything’ plan which will be available starting on June 28th.

This new plan provides unlimited minutes and texts for up to 10 lines on the account and a shared data pool. The first step is adding your device to the plan. The prices range from $10/month to add a tablet to $40/month for a smartphone. The data pool costs vary from $50/month for 1GB to $100/month for 10GB. One unique feature that I was glad to see added is the ability to use your device as a mobile Hot Spot at no additional costs. This is great for those who travel frequently and don’t want to carry another device just to tether their laptop or tablet. Verizon has also released a video introducing these new plans. Take a look below:

These plans sound great but after running the ‘Share Everything’ calculator on Verizon’s site it looks like I’ll end up paying more than my existing plan so I think I will refrain until I noticed my family using data more than they do now.

What do you think of these plans? Are you ready to migrate or are you content with your existing configuration and not ready to switch over?

Check out all the details on Verizon’s website.

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Tags: data, rate plans, shared data plans, unlimited data, Verizon, voice plans

jpinsl 5 pts

This plan is ridiculous. I am seriously considering dropping data entirely and just going back to a dumb phone and using WiFi for everything else. I think as each of my five lines comes of ETF, I will do that.

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jrcrow79 5 pts

1 more year til contract is up..keeping mt unlimited 4g lte..OR going to sprint 4g lte

TheDark_Knight 77 pts

This is the start of something bad since it's worse for 95% of their customers. It's a POS pricing structure.

LavonneDDecker 5 pts

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NicholasEther1 5 pts

o.o I saw that and was about to switch to Verizon! Until I saw +$40 per phone....ARE YOU CRAZY!? That means for 10GB (barely enough) for TWO people would be $180 plus tax. That is $90 a line! I have 5 people on my Sprint account and have unlimited everything and am paying $180 plus tax.

When will these phone companies realize? Tiered data is only useful to provide CHEAPER service, not more expensive. For example If unlimited data worked out to be $30/mo then 10GB should be $25/mo and 8GB should be $20 (proportionally I might add) 6 = $15/mo etc..

Seriously, Why do people keep paying more for less. Even the 1GB plan is expensive. For my family (5 people) to use that (yeah right, like 1GB would be enough) it would cost $50 + ($40 * 5) = $50 + $200 = $250

$250/mo!!!! FOR 1GB of DATA SHARED?????? Anyone choosing Verizon would be better off with flip phones and no data. Because 5 people checking their e-mail and facebook alone would go over 1GB. Seriously, get a flip phone and an ipod touch, because you will be living off wifi anyway.

NicholasEther1 I agree ; at first I thought it was great esp with the unlimited phone and texts as Verizon doesnt offer that so I assumed from the chart that was the total price and a great deal until then I saw the +40 per line which then changed everything...At least Sprint and Tmo still provide unlimited texting

JonDowns 5 pts

While I think the data pricing is "pricey", the unlimiteds are beneficial, and it looks to save me about $100 per month.

JonDowns How?? What are you paying for now, that this is attractive? Even at 1GB a month SHARED this plan is still more expensive than sprint. And EVERYONE offers unlimited talk and text. (who talks more than 1500 mins anyway). You were seriously being ripped off if these plans save you money.

critter42 7 pts

NicholasEther1 JonDowns Cost is not the only reason to use a particular carrier. For instance, if I actually, y'know, wanted to be able to take and make phone calls or use data at my own home, Sprint is not an option - neither is AT&T, T-Mobile or any of the other Non-Verizon carriers. I, too, will save about $100/month. You're right, I'm probably being seriously ripped off - I'd love to use a different carrier, but until the rest of them can build a network that actually works, I'm stuck on VZ.

critter42 You could look into sprint and just get an Airrave for your home if that is your only coverage issue. It works quite well!

NicholasEther1 Nope, that's the BIG coverage issue, but not the only. Sprint is just too unreliable where I live and no amount of kludges like that will help.

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critter42 That or use WIFI Calling on tmobile and get the smallest unlimited data plan at $20 so when you do goto a coverage area you can use it with out going over a cap.

NicholasEther1 I have 5 smart phones, 1 tablet. I am going on the 8GB data share with unlimited calls and messaging for $300 plus fees. Currently, my bill runs $425 or so a month and that is with 1400 shared mins, unlimited messaging and 3 phones grandfathered, and 2 phones on the 4GB plans, and the tablet on a 2GB plan. So, as you can see, my savings will be in the $100 range. 3 of my 5 lines are NORMALLY lucky to use 750MB of data per month, Tablet is used 50-50 on WiFi, the other two lines normally stay below 2GB each.

Rapperman 5 pts

It is absurd for Verizon to think that data at these prices is going to be attractive to people and it's clear from their pricing scheme that they are purposefully trying to drive customers to the more expensive end of the plan. These data plans cost more than the recently ended individual doubled data rates.

The fact is that until an agreement can be reached concerning the streaming of data this type of plan will not benefit a family and even then I would hesitate. Music and video streaming are important to teenagers and young adults and they will likely carry their habits into their later years.

In my opinion Verizon sealed their fate a few weeks ago when they publicly announced that corporate profit is more important than loyalty to their customers. It probably won't happen overnight but I fully expect to read about an increasing departure of long term customers from the company, and the resultant slowing of the expansion of their LTE network. Sprint must be jumping up and down with joy! Verizon just threw them a lifeline.

It must be great for Verizon to be able to state they have the largest LTE network in America. Probably won't seem quite as attractive when they have to add the words "unused" to that statement.

jhernandez4688 13 pts

Rapperman Could you post a link to that announcement? Verizon is on something, this is way too expensive!

jhernandez4688 Here you go:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/16/verizon-unlimited-data-plans_n_1521967.html

@Rapperman @jhernandez4688 thank you!

holylightningwolf

Those prices are OUTRAGEOUS!!!

Guess what, Verizon? I will not be upgrading to a 4G phone this fall when my contract ends. I'm moving over to Sprint.

Unlimited Data FTW!!

I recommend finding a friend that works for IBM and will give you the friends and family discount 25% off your monthly bill if they still support it.

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