Verizon confirms $30 unlimited data plan for iPhone

By Aemon Malone Published January 25, 2011

Verizon has confirmed that its version of the iPhone will have another feature no longer offered on AT&T’s model: an unlimited data plan. Lowell McAdam, Verizon’s chief operating officer, told The Wall Street Journal that his company will offer the data plan for $30 per month with no data restrictions.

“I’m not going to shoot myself in the foot,” McAdam told the Journal, referring to Verizon’s decision to offer the unlimited data plan. AT&T, Verizon’s soon-to-be iPhone competitor, stopped offering an unlimited data plan option last year — although existing customers were able to retain their unlimited data plans.

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