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Verizon to Announce Unlimited Web $10 Connect Plan

Jesus Diaz — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:45:00 EST

One of our Verizon sources have also told us about a new plan called Connect, which is basically aimed at web-enabled cellphones, but not smartphones. According to him, the Connect option will be available on November 16 and it will be cheaper than the Vcast service, providing with unlimited mobile web for just $10 on top of your current Verizon plan:

If someone does not want the Vcast service, this is a step above the current premium plans. So if your premium plan is $79.99, you can add Vcast for $15, for a total of about $95. With Connect it will be only $10 more, for a total of about $89.00. Connect allows for unlimited mobile web so if you want to save five bucks, and have the premium plan with unlimited mobile web, but no Vcast, that's the new plan.

And if you want to add it on a secondary line, it's also $10 bucks. It will be available on November 16 mobile web phones only, not smartphones.

[Thanks tipster]

Sprint's Shared Plans Also Getting the Unlimited Treatment

Jason Chen — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:30:00 EDT

Sprint's sort of following in T-Mobile's unlimited family plan footsteps when they rejiggered their plans to include unlimited options for shared plans. Now, if you add an additional line onto one of their $99 ~~Simply Everything~~ Talk Share plan for $9.99, each line will be able to share unlimited messaging, email, data, GPS, and everything else besides actually using your minutes to talk. For that, you don't get to share your unlimited minute bucket, but instead have to pay additional for more minutes. Hit up their release if you want the details. [Sprint via WMExperts via Boy Genius]

T-Mobile's Unlimited Family Plan Lets Families Annoy Each Other Unlimitedly

Jason Chen — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:28:18 EDT

T-Mobile's better-than-average rate plans continue with their new unlimited family plans, which costs $99 for the first line, and $49 for each additional plan after. You get up to four extra lines, but each line has unlimited calling, roaming, SMS, MMS and IMing. The more lines you get, the more cost effective each one becomes, and for a family with frisky parents, this can be a real money-saver. [T-Mobile]

Sprint Call Plan Only $89.99, Loses Inclusive Data

Haroon Malik — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 18:10:00 EST

We seemed to have missed this in the recent unlimited call plan-gasm, but Sprint is apparently offering a call plan that rings in at $89.99/month and includes unlimited voice, messaging and push to talk. The plan is cheaper because it does not include any data usage in the price. Still, it is $10 less than Verizon and AT&T offerings, both of which will only give you unlimited voice for $99/month. If you don't need data access via your handset, checkout our awesome cheat sheet to see why this really is exceptional value for money. [Mobileburn]

Sprint Finally Offers $99 'Simply Everything' Flat Rate Calling Plan

Jason Chen — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:11:00 EST

It's not the super cheap $59 plan everyone was hoping for, but it has finally joined the other three carriers in offering a $99 unlimited plan. Sprint's version includes unlimited voice, data, text messages, Sprint TV, Sprint Music, GPS, Direct Connect and Group Connect. This seems like it's even better than most of the other plans (Verizon and AT&T's are for voice only, and T-Mobile's is for voice and messaging). Good job Sprint! [BusinessWire]

Sprint May Be Bringing a $59 Unlimited Flat-Rate Plan to Spite Other Carriers

Jason Chen — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:40:24 EST

Now that all the major cellphone carriers except Sprint have a $99 flat-rate plan for unlimited calling, Sprint wants to one-up everybody and undercut the competition by up to 40%. According to Reuters, analysts are saying that a plan could be coming that either hits the $60 or $80 price point, which would be hard for Verizon or T-Mobile to match. Again, it's all rumor and speculation now, but wouldn't you love a $60 unlimited talk plan? [Yahoo]

AT&T Now $99 for Unlimited Voice and $35 For Unlimited Data

Brian Lam — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:10:57 EST

AT&T's responding to Verizon's Unlimited calling and data contracts with a $99 all you can eat voice plan that can be combo'd up with any data plan. The data plans are a step in the non-evil direction for AT&T: $35 bucks for unlimited connectivity and messaging. An AT&T spokesperson tells us that includes 3G.

That makes it $15 cheaper than Verizon's full everything plan for $149. (Although you can't compare the limited coverage of AT&T's HSPDA with Verizon's EVDO Revision A. Yet.) What else is rad? One Year contract for new subscribers, and no additional contract for existing customers! For those who DL a lot more than they yap, you can get unlimited data plans without signing up for unlimited voice. The plans will be available on 2/22. iPhones aren't legit for these data plans, since they've already their own $20 unlimited data plan, and the pricing doesn't quite fit. More details below:

Also, data cards and tethering limitations:

This new unlimited voice plan has no impact on our existing data plans. Our data plans are unchanged. The only data plans subject to the 5GB limitation are Laptop Connect plans for data cards and tethering plans, where your wireless phone acts as a modem for a laptop.

Unlike Sprint EVDO, AT&T and Verizon have usage caps per month. Could be hard for pros who use their 3G data cards or phones as modems, exclusively.

[Thanks Yoshi!]

AT&T To Launch Unlimited U.S. Calling Plan
12:47 p.m. 02/19/2008
$99.99 Plan Available Feb. 22 for New and Existing Customers
SAN ANTONIO, Feb 19, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ — AT&T Inc. (T) announced today new unlimited voice plans targeted to wireless users who want the predictability of flat rate pricing for unlimited minutes. The plans will be available to new and existing wireless subscribers for $99.99 a month for unlimited U.S. calling on all devices with no domestic roaming or long distance charges. The plans can be combined with any current wireless data plan to give customers the ultimate in wireless freedom.
The new plans, available Feb. 22, can be ordered at one of AT&T's 2,200 company-owned retail stores and kiosks, at http://www.att.com, or at one of the thousands of authorized AT&T retail locations. Existing customers can choose unlimited calling without extending their contract. New customers have the option of a month-to-month, 12 or 24 month contract.
As with other voice calling plans, AT&T customers can choose from a variety of data and messaging plans to meet their needs. For example, customers with standard wireless phones* can choose a data plan such as $5 for 200 text, picture, video and instant messages or $35 for unlimited messaging and MEdia Net access.
"We are pleased to offer our customers these great new plans that deliver value and simplified pricing," said Ralph de la Vega, president & CEO, AT&T Mobility. "This is a highly competitive market and we're committed to moving fast to meet customer needs."
AT&T customers benefit from the nation's largest digital voice and data network, with 3G broadband available in more than 260 major metropolitan markets. The company recently announced plans to expand its 3G network to 350 markets, including all of the top 100.
For the complete array of AT&T offerings, visit http://www.att.com

* Standard wireless phones do not include smartphones or PDAs or the
iPhone.

Verizon Offering Unlimited Voice, Text and Data Plans as of Tomorrow

Adam Frucci — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:00:00 EST

Verizon's got a bunch of new Unlimited plans coming tomorrow. Can you taste the bitter, metallic flavor of pure excitement in the air? People with fat wallets and big mouths will be sure to enjoy the unlimited voice plan for $99, and they only get more expensive from there.

Here's the full rundown:

* $99 - Nationwide Unlimited (voice)
* $119 - Nationwide Select Unlimited (voice, SMS, MMS)
* $139 - Nationwide Premium (voice, SMS, MMS, VZNav, VCAST, email)
* $149 - Nationwide Email and Messaging (voice, SMS, MMS, and data)
* $169 - Nationwide Global Email and Messaging (voice, SMS, MMS, and international data)
* $199 - Family plan with two lines, $99 per additional line.

If you bump your plan up to one of these unlimited jobs, you'll get actually unlimited data usage (as opposed to 5GB a month) and you won't need to extend your contract. UPDATE: The plan for data for cards is $60 for 5GB, with 49 cents overage. [Boy Genius]

Sprint Offers Unlimited Voice, Data For $119

Jason Chen — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:30:13 EST

Helio's got their $99 unlimited plan, but now Sprint, one of the four majors, is joining the all-you-can-eat club. At $119 it's a little more expensive than Helio (even though Helio's actually using Sprint as a backbone), and you still need a separate Power Vision pack or BlackBerry data plan for smartphones (so it's not quite all-in for $119). Boy Genius is saying that this is rolling out nationwide, but Engadget says that it's only restricted to four markets: San Francisco, Philadelphia, Tampa and Minneapolis/St. Paul. We're checking to confirm. [Sprint Unlimited via Boy Genius via Engadget]

Netflix Offers Unlimited Online Viewing to Customers: Full Rollout On the Horizon?

Sean Fallon — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:17:02 EST

According to Hacking Netflix, select Netflix subscribers have been receiving emails over the past few weeks granting them access to unlimited Watch Instantly hours. They have also increased the number of titles available on the service to 6000 —presumably in anticipation of a full-scale rollout. Keep in mind that this is only a rumor at this point so we have to ask —did you happen to receive an email like this? [Hacking Netflix via Zats]

Verizon to Offer Unlimited Text and VCast to the Masses

Louis Ramirez — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:00:35 EDT

Good news for Verizon customers. Starting April 15th the boys in red are launching unlimited plans for their data services. So for $20 extra you'll be able to sign up for unlimited text messaging, picture messaging, and VCast. I'm on Verizon and I'm paying more than I care to know for my text addiction, so this is pretty good news (for a change). I just hope that this time around they mean unlimited and not "unlimited." – Louis Ramirez

Verizon Goes Unlimited with SMS, MMS, and VCast [Boy Genius Report]

iPhone to Have Unlimited Email Storage

Jason Chen — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 09:00:17 EDT

Thanks to Yahoo! Mail VP John Kremer's announcement of unlimited email storage from Yahoo, the Apple iPhone will have unlimited storage as well. The current email storage is 1GB for free users and 2GB for paid users, but everyone will be able to get infinite storage now. Paid users can get a $20 refund if they ask.

The upgrade starts in May, and Yahoo will actively warn and suspend email accounts that are "abusing" their unlimited status. That means no using it as disk storage or backup (unless you do it sneakily).

Technically the iPhone's storage won't be "unlimited" even using IMAP to only download headers, but at the rate you fill up the 8GB of flash storage, it's essentially unlimited anyway. – Jason Chen

Yahoo! Mail goes to infinity and beyond [Yahoo via Tech Crunch]