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Verizon Further Extends Complimentary Mobile Hotspot Access to July 6th

By on June 15, 2011

In an internal memo to employees, Verizon has confirmed that it has further extended the complimentary Mobile Hotspot service first offered on the HTC Thunderbolt 4G and now extended to the LG Revolution and Samsung Droid Charge to July 6th. On the 6th, an update will be pushed out that will disable complimentary access and enable paid access at current rates, but will exclude the $20/GB plan from access. The full memo is posted below:

Verizon Wireless has extended the Limited Time promotion for Mobile Hotspot and Mobile Broadband Connect on 4G LTE (Long Term Evolution) Smartphones, ThunderBolt by HTC, DROID Charge by Samsung, and Revolution by LG. The following are the Unlimited Hotspot promotion details.

Limited Time promotion available through 7/6/2011 which allows customers unlimited 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot and Mobile Broadband Connect usage until July 6, 2011 with the purchase of a ThunderBolt by HTC, a DROID Charge by Samsung, or a Revolution by LG, with a voice plan and a data package $29.99 or higher.

The $20/GB (Gigabyte) plan will not be available on 4G LTE Smartphones. On July 6, 2011 a software update will remove the Mobile Hotspot offer. A message will be sent to the end user to contact their system administrator to subscribe to Mobile Hotspot.

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Humberto Saabedra is the Editor-in-Chief of AnimeNews.biz, PhoneNews.com and an occasional columnist for Ani.me. He can also be found musing on things at @AnimeNewsdotbiz

4 responses to “Verizon Further Extends Complimentary Mobile Hotspot Access to July 6th”

  1. Jim
    Jim June 15, 2011 at 6:54 am |

    I’d rather see them push out an update that ENABLED Mobile Hotspot free of Charge (no pun intended) to 3G and 4G users alike. Carriers in other countries do not charge for these features anymore. It’s high time the US got with the progrtam here. I’m sick and tired of being gouged by American capitalists.

  2. JJ
    JJ June 15, 2011 at 7:09 am |

    I hear you Jim. They are basically stealing money making you pay for data that you would be using anyway on the phone. When most people use tether they are not using their phone and it ends up being the same amount anyway, unless your downloading torrents. I just root and then get it for free anyway. Its not illegal so they can’t stop you. If they want to cancel my contract then go ahead and just switch to sprint.

  3. BRD
    BRD June 15, 2011 at 11:02 am |

    @Jim then stop giving them your money?

  4. JailBird
    JailBird June 15, 2011 at 10:13 pm |

    Jim, you do realize that those other countries that don’t get charged for tethering usually either throttle or have strict caps/AUPs?

    So take your pick. “Free” & limited, or paid & not-so-limited. Spectrum is a finite resource, and it costs an insane amount of money to provide backhaul to cell towers everywhere.

    Sick of capitalists? Great, use your cell phone in Cuba!