{"id":185,"date":"2017-02-13T11:50:40","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T11:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gdgtfix.com\/?p=185"},"modified":"2017-02-13T11:53:17","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T11:53:17","slug":"verizon-announces-new-unlimited-data-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gdgtfix.com\/?p=185","title":{"rendered":"Verizon announces new unlimited data plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Of all things, it&#8217;s back! Verizon has turned its top tier of plans into an unlimited data option again, after more or less chasing away everyone who had held onto the original one. It&#8217;s because of competition from T-Mobile and Sprint leading to a disappointing rate of growth. Apparently there&#8217;s just enough competition in the cellphone market to make some minor consumer friendly changes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2017\/2\/12\/14592822\/verizon-unlimited-data-plan-announced-2017\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Of all things, it&#8217;s back! Verizon has turned its top tier of plans into an unlimited data option again, after<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":186,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/gdgtfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/img_1462.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4lA9R-2Z","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28,"url":"https:\/\/gdgtfix.com\/?p=28","url_meta":{"origin":185,"position":0},"title":"Verizon Prepaid vs. The World","date":"February 12, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Reposted from Book of Norm with permission. I just made the switch from Sprint to Verizon, mostly. 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