Verizon offering "Unlimited Any Mobile" plans in certain markets

By on Aug 3, 2010 at 9:50 AM
mobile August 3, 2010

Verizon is offering a very interesting new cellular plan “for eligible consumers in select Texas and Louisiana markets” coined “Unlimited Any Mobile plans.” The press release reads:

Eligible consumers may sign up for a single line Nationwide Unlimited Talk plan that allows the customer to call and send text, picture and video messages to anyone in the United States regardless of service provider for $59.99-$79.99 monthly access. Nationwide Family SharePlans will also have the new Unlimited Any Mobile plan options for $99.99-$129.99 monthly access.

Current customers are eligible to move to the new plan without penalty and without having to renew their contract. The five plans available look like this:

Single Line Plans:

  • 450 minutes for $59.99
  • 900 minutes for $79.99

Family SharePlans:

  • 700 minutes for $99.99
  • 1400 minutes for $119.99
  • 2000 minutes for $129.99

You qualify for one of the new plan if you have a phone number with the 210, 214, 254, 318, 325, 361, 430, 432, 439, 469, 512, 682, 806, 817, 830, 903, 915, 940, 956 or 972 area code. A Verizon spokesperson would only say that the offerings “are promotional plans specific to some customers.” Here’s to hoping that the unlimited mobile calling plans are wildly successful and propagate throughout the country. Would anyone else like to see these plans expanded beyond Texas and the Bayou?

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  • Adam

    Or simply get the calling cirlce and add your google voice to that and boom free unlimited calling.

    • Adam

      *circle

    • http://hubpages.com/hub/Unlimited-everything-calling-internet-etc-cell-phone-plans-COMPARISON Unlimited Cell Phone Plan Comparison

      Wow. verizon’s plan is STILL the most expensive one there, or close to it.

  • Shumdit

    If I have unlimited calling and text for $89.99, this would save me $10.00 a month, but I am limited to 450 Land line minutes? Is this really worth all this hype or am I overlooking something?

    • Drew

      No, the way it works is that all the plans are the same price as the Talk & Text plans. It just comes with the added benefit of the unlimited Mobile to any Mobile minutes. So, you would pay either $59.99 for the 450 min plan or $79.99 for the 900 minute plan. The 900 minute plan will also include the F&F feature as well.

      I’ve definitely tried to promote this over the last few weeks, hoping Verizon does it nationwide. I’ve even seen some customer’s change their mobile number to a Texas number in hopes to be eligible.

  • RobertM

    Why the hell is Houston always left out of stuff? Dallas always gets the technological improvements first, even though it’s a much smaller city than Houston! For God sakes, not only is Houston the biggest city in Texas, it’s the 4th biggest city in the entire country!

    • Justin

      Dude… it’s *Houston*. The crappiest city in the state.

      • RobertM

        >Implying your shitty opinion on a city really matters.

  • jcontreras

    I’m paying $120 (including 22% corporate discount and taxes) for 700 min/ultd txt,pix,vid family plan (4 phones) so its not an incentive for me. However, if they can match or beat Sprint’s family “everything data” plan that includes unlimited web, email, messaging, navigation, TV, Radio and unlimited mobile calling to any carrier plus 1500 anytime minutes for $129 (first 2 lines), I might just stay with big red after my contract expires end of the month!!!

    • jones’

      making the switch is getting exactly what you pay for, tons of dropped calls, slow data connections, bad customer service and lots of frustrations, hope you enjoy the switch…

  • J.contreras

    I’m paying $120 (including 22% corporate discount and taxes) for 700 min/ultd txt,pix,vid family plan (4 phones) so its not an incentive for me. However, if they can match or beat Sprint’s family “everything data” plan that includes unlimited web, email, messaging, navigation, TV, Radio and unlimited mobile calling to any carrier plus 1500 anytime minutes for $129 (first 2 lines), I might just stay with big red after my contract expires end of the month!!! Maybe Verizon is testing the waters…hmmmmmm

  • Bugs

    Sprint started this like a year ago. What’s up with “Verizon is offering a very interesting new cellular plan”. Wow, real innovative.

    Another case of follow the leader.

  • Chellykay88

    It’s about time other carriers jumped on this wagon. I hope ATT jumps on board soon!

  • Brian

    hmm, might be interesting. except for right now I am paying 90 (80+10)for 2 lines for 1400 min plus 15 for 750 txts message plus 29.95 (x2)for unlimited data. So if I could ever dump the data, before taxes my total is 115.00. The only way for it to be worth it for me is if 119.99 included the 2nd line right and that is only because of unlimited texts, right?

  • Rob

    I have one of these plans. I was approached by Verizon in March for a very early upgrade and to try this plan. I have the 450 min one. I barely use it, i’m tending to not believe it saved me money.

    • Rob

      Oh and i live in NY.

  • JeffH

    Texas …Hummm…Shitty Cities in shitty state.

  • Robert

    Verizon tends to do this. They see another carrier do something so they copy it to get people to join their network. After a year or so they dump it or raise the price. They did the same with unlimited calling and unlimited internet.

  • Adam

    They already have these plans nation wide… on sprint.

  • Dallas

    For those of us who rarely use our anytime minutes but speak to other cell phones on other networks (me), this would save me at least $20 a month. Follow the leader or not, I like it, and wish it was available for my Houston area code number.

    I think Sprint is still giving away the “best” deal but I also like T-Mobile. Truthfully, I think ALL carriers should offer calls/texts to cell phones free. The UK has been doing it FOR YEARS.

    Just my 2 cents–Happy posting :)

  • shawn

    we have the Everything Data Family – with Any Mobile, Anytime + 1500 min with 5 phones

    3 blackberry phones and 2 moments

    $129.99 for the first 2 phones + $19.99 for each line

    ($129.99 + $59.97) = $189.96

    + we get a 25% discount (our employer) -$47.49

    total
    $189.96 – $47.49 = $142.47 divide that by 5 people

    $28.49 each unlimited data + any mobile calling + unlimited text and we hardly ever use half of our 1500 anytime minutes because we mostly call cell phones!

    even if we were to get the EVO 4G it would be $38.50 a month

    can AT&T plan do that with an iPhone or Verizon with the DROID???? i think not

    BOTTOM LINE SPRINT IS A WAY BETTER DEAL PERIOD

  • BigRed

    News flash: Believe it or not.. verizon has had such plans before.. for years.. they got rid of them and are now implementing new prices. duh

  • Jatarala

    abso-freakin-lutely!!!!

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