Verizon chops unlimited data plans: Big users can switch or be disconnected

Verizon customers who have unlimited data plans and use more than 200 gigabytes a month will be required to switch to a capped data plan by Feb 16 or be disconnected from service. A letter notifying affected customers about the change started to go out last week, Verizon spokeswoman Kelly Crummey said. Those customers will also be notified on their bill statements. If they still have not made the switch by Feb 9, Verizon will send them a text message reminder, she said. Crummey said the change was made to “ensure the network works for all of our customers.” “If they’re using that much data, they’re taking up a lot of capacity on the cell tower, so other people who are trying to use the service within proximity of that cell tower may or may not be able to use that service,” she said.