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Verizon Wireless announces new family data plan

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Verizon Wireless unveiled Tuesday its new "Share Everything" family plan for data, phone calls, and text messages.

The new plans allow for unlimited phone calls and text messages, plus a pool of data that can be shared by up to 10 Verizon Wireless devices.  The plans will range between $50 and $100, plus separate monthly access charges for each device.

The new family data plans will be available beginning June 28.

All of the plans come with unlimited calling and text messages. A $50 monthly plan comes with 1 gigabyte of data to be shared between devices. For $60 a month, you get 2GB, while $70 gets 4GB, $80 gets 6GB, $90 gets 8GB, and $100 gets 10GB.

There's also a low-end $40 plan for 300 megabytes of data, but that plan can't be shared by other data devices.

Customers who approach their limit get an alert and have the option of paying $10 for 2GB of additional data. Those who ignore the alert and go over the limit are charged $15 for 1GB of extra data.

In addition to the plan, there are fees related to each device. There's a monthly charge of $40 for each smartphone; $30 for each phone; $20 for a hot spot, USB modem, notebook, or netbook; and $10 for a tablet.

For more information, read the news release at news.verizonwireless.com.

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