“Verizon said it was working on a shared data solution for 2012, and according to an anonymous tipster, the new packages could be rolling out soon,” Sean Buckley reports for Engadget.
“We’ve been told that training material for an update to the outfit’s internal account management application includes screenshots that show a new section labeled ‘account level data plans,'” Buckley reports.
“The new section apparently shows an account level charge for data allowance and a 9.99 charge per line,” Buckley reports.
More info and screenshot in the full article here.
[Attribution: Cult of Mac. Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Dan K.” for the heads up.]
Telefonica Movistar in spain is doing that already from some time. Good we have it now,
Also, I noted that many of the people I know who has a samsung galaxy, they got their phone because they were searching a iPhone and the guy in the store told them that the Galaxy was the same but a lot cheaper.
Could be sansung paying the carriers in order to recommend their phones? or google?
That also means that people who buy a iphone are quite sure of what they want.
Please AT&T follow suit.
But I wonder if this means you would have to dump the unlimited plan…
Of course it does! Any change you make causes you to dump the unlimited plan. They especially won’t allow you to have unlimited data with 2 different devices. That would be nuts!
” …working on a shared data solution…”
What “work” is involved in enabling one person with two devices ie. smart phone and tablet, generic for the ‘droid fans, iPhone and iPad for those living in reality, to pull data from one source?
Is it that cumbersome to configure the telcos to know what the heck’s going on with regards to their precious data? They seem to know when you become a data hog with no problems.
Since Verizon’s lame, bass-ackward 1980’s network isn’t even capable of the most basic services (no simultaneous voice+data, how quaint!), your iPhone is still no more than a very expensive iPod when pulling data, no matter how you’re sharing plans.
I remember the last time I dropped a call… oh wait
It’s a bummer when MDN makes a big typo on the headline and deletes the entire thing. Some of us have fun with the east coast drinky drinky time, which MDN must be in.