I have a heretical question: Should I keep my unlimited data if I'm not really using it.
My wife and I have unlimited data, kids are on 2GB plans.
My wife uses max 1.5 - 2 GB a month over the past 6 months. I use average of 8GB/month, high of 12 GB, low of 4 GB over past six months. My big data use is videos while on the elliptical at the gym. I can only work out so much, so unlikely my usage will ever get any higher. I don't stream much music at all. Stream some talk radio in the car since local reception sucks. I've never needed to do any heavy tethering, don't see that changing either.
So it seems we could easily be on an 18GB or 20 GB plan (0 or 0 month plus /line). Assume 3GB for each son (they get a data upgrade), 2 GB for wife, leaving 10 or 12 for me depending on 18 or 20 GB plan.
That saves us about a month. Of course then we pay full price for our own phones....if we compare the 2 year cost assuming upgrading on current plan for ~0 a person vs. buying phones for the four of us, comes out to about 0 year cheaper for the new Verizon plan. Not big money at all, but I could find other things to spend it on.
So my question is this - if I'm not currently and never have really used my unlimited data to any great extent should I still care about it and pay more for it for the future? Are there changes to how data is used on phones and how phones use data coming down the line where I might say "Oh man, crazy of me to give up unlimited data!"
Or is this a simple $ calculation? If it's cheaper to go to the Verizon plan and I don't need the unlimited data, let it go.
Appreciate any thoughts/advice about this. Thanks!
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