Verizon launches Lite home internet for people in limited coverage areas
Verizon is launching a new “Lite” home internet plan for people living in areas previously not covered by its fiber and 5G internet. The new plan offers download speeds of up to 25 Mbps, but it costs up to $60 per month with no discounts.
Verizon says its Lite plan is best for “light” home Internet use limited to “older, less reliable options like DSL or satellite.” Customers who already use Verizon for their postpaid cell phone service will benefit the most from the deep discounts. You will save $15/month when the service is combined with a mobile plan.
It also offers a $10 monthly discount for paperless billing and autopay, plus an additional $10 discount available for three years if mobile customers sign up before December 31. All of these discounts bring the price down to $25 per month.
While Verizon’s Lite plan can be ultra cheap if you can take advantage of the price cuts, it’s quite slow compared to other budget internet plans. T-Mobile’s cheapest home internet plan, for example, costs up to $55 per month for download speeds of up to 415 Mbps.
Verizon will throttle your service up to 10 Mbps after the first 150 GB of data usage in a month, while T-Mobile will start slowing internet speeds if customers use more than 1.2 TB in a month. Like T-Mobile, Mint Mobile’s new prepaid home internet plan also offers download speeds of up to 415 Mbps, but it will start throttling data after 1TB of use and costs up to $50 per month.
