A handful of Verizon subscribers taking advantage of old unlimited data plans will not be happy about this: The carrier will begin disconnecting people using more than 100GB a month starting August 31.
Unlimited data for cell phones is pretty much a thing of the past, but there are some holdouts. Like those subscribed to Verizon’s grandfathered unlimited data plans the company stopped offering back in 2011. These plans give users truly unlimited data on their devices — which means no throttling.
But there have, apparently, been some subscribers really racking up data on the network’s towers and Verizon’s not going to take it anymore. Unless those using triple-digits-worth of data agree to limited plans, they’ll be booted from the grandfathered packages altogether.
Currently, the largest data plan Verizon offers is 100GB for $450 a month. Those with the older unlimited plans have been paying $49 a month (plus costs for minutes and text) since October 2015. Before that, the plan was a mere $29 a month.
Droid Life reported this story first and Ars Technica confirmed the report. Photo courtesy of Mike Mozart/CC BY 2.0.
