Virgin Mobile puts limits on $40 unlimited data plan; 5GB per month cap starting February 15th

By on Jan 13, 2011 at 1:59 AM
General January 13, 2011

Perhaps it was too good to be true. In a conversation with PCMag, Virgin Mobile made known that its $40 per month truly unlimited data plan was going the way of the Dodo. Citing the need to implement network controls to ensure optimal experience,” the company said the $40 Broadband2Go plan would now carry a monthly cap of 5GB. Since all Virgin Mobile subscribers are on month-to-month agreements, the new 5GB cap will take affect on the first day of a new billing cycle after February 15th. Any Broadband2Go users out there upset?

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  • Anonymous

    5gb is better than 500mg from Tmobile UK..

    • Tigersingh52

      hell yes it’ s way better that tmobile uk plan.

  • http://twitter.com/hawaiiinsomniac hawaiiinsomniac

    Small kine upset, but its still cheaper than any other plan out there…

  • Lechero

    its a good thing i still have unlimited data grandfathered. thanks PDAnet

  • Anonymous

    I looked at this two weeks ago and wondered how Sprint would allow this…and whala!

  • http://twitter.com/NICKVALENTIN0 Nick Valentino

    Damn…I used 30GB on mine last month. Oh well, time to throw it on Craigslist.

    • Lechero

      I thought craigslist was for hookers?

      • http://twitter.com/NICKVALENTIN0 Nick Valentino

        Hookers and Virgin Mobile MiFis. :p

      • Lechero

        if nothing else if you have all of the packaging and manuals take it to a best buy and ask for a no receipt exchange, they’ll give you the lowest price in the last 30 days and it hasnt been on sale so you can get full amount back. granted if its approved it will be a store credit.

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000722296108 Herman Guerra

        Both no longer “Virgins”

      • Chut Pata

        Virgin (Mobile) Hookers

    • http://twitter.com/NICKVALENTIN0 Nick Valentino

      I took my MiFi back to Walmart today. They accepted it back without question and even gave me my refund in cash.

  • Anonymous

    False advertisement bait and switch.

  • Jules

    This isn’t new, they’ve said they’ll do this for a long time. Perhaps it’s just now that they’ll actually start enforcing it?

  • http://twitter.com/mykie242 mykie Gunderson

    Typical Virgin Mobile changing their policies around.

    Since they don’t have contracts to maintain, they can jerk around their customers without recourse.

  • http://twitter.com/j_nathaniel Jason

    Feel free to return you’re devices. Bait and switch is never good.

  • http://rmbo47.myopenid.com/ rmbo47

    Face it: this ‘fair use” limiting of *unlimited* plans is here to stay. I just think they should have to rename the plans something other than *unlimited* when they do this.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_F6NDDAFO3EXLQMA3PTZFPOWOZI Brian

    This seems to be a material change in the agreement with VirginMobile, granted these are month to month however it does not change the reason why you would purchase the device based on the inducement of Unlimited Internet access, Since this changes that VirginMobile should allow the return of the hardware purchased.

  • Anonymous

    Well, the speed of the network is really not very good, at least in my area. Based on lackluster performance, I was going to switch anyway. This just cements it. I think I will go the Ebay route for resell.

  • 13s13rod

    Virgin mobile sucks any way I had it for one month. I mean it was horrible. I when. Back to verizon mobile.

  • Ek

    ridiculous. from unlimited to 5gb?? what were they thinking..???

  • Mmcgrath

    Virgin Mobile sucks anyway. I’ve only had it for 6 months or so and I’ve had to call every 3 weeks or so. Their customer service is THE WORST! I don’t get my text messages and/or phone calls for days sometimes and there is nothing they can or will do about it. They actually told me it was the memory card and my phone doesn’t even have a memory card. You would think they would know that since they sold me the phone. Really, do yourself a favor and steer clear of Virgin Mobile.

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