Last summer Verizon followed AT&T and eliminated unlimited data, replacing the offer with low caps and overages up to $10 per gigabyte. Fortunately many unlimited users were grandfathered -- and if they weren't there has long been a loophole allowing users to get unlimited data if they were willing to use a little elbow grease. The effort, discussed by users here for some time, required that users call up and exploit a loophole in Verizon's automated ordering system. After the trick was discussed at Slickdeals and promoted by Gizmodo Verizon quickly got wise and fixed the loophole, with users who utilized it now being downgraded back to 2GB capped plans. On the bright side, Verizon appears to still be running a promotion where users get double data allotments if they sign up for a new LTE phone.
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Thanks Blogs! Verizon Unlimited Data Loophole Exposed, Closed - Users Who Exploited Ordering Glitch Get Downgraded
Posted: January 4th, 2012, 6:26am MST