CUSTOMERS may notice a small $2 fee the next time they check their Verizon bill.
It’s being dubbed the "rate plan adjustment" by Verizon and should impact customers who are on a range of unlimited plans.
These include Beyond Unlimited, Beyond Unlimited 55+, Go Unlimited, and Verizon Unlimited, according to a spokesperson from Verizon.
Users will be notified of the charge by direct mail, email, and in their next bill to account for the added cost of maintaining these legacy plans.
The new monthly fee will be $2 per line and is set to start on customers’ April bills.
FURIOUS OVER FEES
The rate plan adjustment is basically a maintenance fee and could be a way for the carrier to regain some costs without actually raising rates.
Read More on Verizon
While the rate itself stays the same for longer-term customers, they may wind up paying more through surcharges and these types of fees.
Verizon encouraged customers to upgrade to a current 5G Unlimited plan such as 5G Get More, 5G Play More, 5G Do More, 5G Start, One Unlimited for iPhone, and Welcome Unlimited.
Those plans start at $25 for four lines with Auto Pay.
Verizon users with the older plans are bothered by the added fees with some taking to Twitter to let out their frustration.
Most read in Money
One user wrote: "Profit Over people. Verizon Is Adding a New Fee to Some of Its Older Unlimited Plans.
"The carrier really wants to push people to its latest unlimited plans."
It's worth noting that the older plans are no longer offered to new customers.
OTHER VERIZON FEES
Just last year, the carrier adjusted its fees for consumers and business users.
Monthly administrative fees were raised for consumer accounts from $1.35 per voice line to $3.30 per line.
For businesses, the company tacked on a monthly Economic Adjustment Charge of $2.20 per line for smartphones or data lines.
This was for those who activated or upgraded a line, completed a contract-based line term, or have 12 months or less remaining on a device payment plan.
However, tablets and phones that aren't smartphones were charged a monthly fee of 98 cents.
"From time to time, we review and make adjustments to fees to defray some of Verizon's administrative and telco expenses and costs of complying with regulatory requirements," a Verizon spokesperson said in a statement to CNET.
Read More on The US Sun
The U.S. Sun revealed how Android phones have secret VIP mode.
Plus, AT&T was ordered to pay $60million back to its customers.
ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7tbTEZqqupl6YvK57zKilnrFfbIJ1fJJyaGiulae2u7vNZpmin12YtaK6xp5kn52VZA%3D%3D