I worked chat support for Verizon and a lot of people were grandfathered into unlimited data when they offered it years ago and now Verizon is trying everything to get them off unlimited since it is costing so much.
Our company devices are on an unlimited data plan. This should be fun. We email full building drawings, contracts, cut sheets etc every day. This might be disruptive.
Businesses might be different, I dealt with strictly single lines and family plans I couldn't touch business accounts that had more than 10 lines or a tax id, it was a completely different department that handled them. I would still check because I wouldn't put it past them to try and do away with them. It was to the point on the regular accounts that if you were to upgrade your device you would be forced to upgrade your plan and lose the unlimited data. So you would either upgrade your device and lose it or be stuck with whatever you have or have to pay full price for a new device, which was the only work around to get a new one without have to drop the unlimited. It is all BS to me.
It will only affect customers who are using an "extraordinary" amount of data, which the company has defined as a customer exceeding 100GB every month on a single device. Think about it from their perspective, these people are using tons of VZ's resources at the unlimited plan cost of 49.99. By comparison, VZ's 100GB plan, which is designed to be shared across multiple devices, costs 450 per month.
It makes business sense, and will only affect a very small number of people that apparently can't figure out how to use WIFI.
100 GB/Month is thru in a little more than 1 hour a day HD streaming. How are they so stupid to call anything an unlimited offer when everyone has 4G phones with HD display and they're the by far biggest 4G provider? If people can do it, they will, and if it was to watch a rotating vinyl record on a player in fucking HD when there is no actual video. They could have made a reasonable 100GB offer, I mean, who really needs that anyway, now they are the Martin Shkreli of access providers.
T-Mobile is hands down the best cellular service provider... if they have service in your area. That's it. The one "if". If they had the infrastructure that Verizon has, they would probably put most of the other companies out of business.
It makes business sense, and will only affect a very small number of people that apparently can't figure out how to use WIFI.
They have unlimited... full stop.
Not to mention international roaming is included... with no charge.