Verizon Lowers Prepaid to $1.99 a Day, Raises Text MSG to 2¢

Verizon Wireless has cut the price of daily prepaid service to $1.99 per day for unlimited nation-wide calls.? The previous price was $3.99 per day.? Text messaging rates, however, were increased from one cent to two cents per text.

Verizon also offers a prepaid daily?plan for 99 cents that includes unlimited mobile-to-mobile calling and additional minutes at 10 cents each, as well as a 25-cents-per-minute option.

The new plans are only available on Verizon feature phones, smartphones required monthly prepaid service starting at $44.99 a month for 450 talk minutes.

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Netflix Offers Streaming-Only Plan, Raises Prices for DVD Options

Netflix is now offering a "streaming-only" plan and has increased the prices for solid DVD plans.? The new $7.99 a month Netflix plan lets users instantly watch unlimited TV episodes and movies streamed to computer or TV.? This new plan is available immediately.

Netflix increased the prices on the unlimited plans that offer both instant watching and DVDs by mail.? The most popular unlimited plans - the "1 DVD out at a time" and "2 DVDs out at a time" prices are increased $1 per month to $9.99 and $14.99.? See chart for all prices.

The Netflix blog reported:

"Why the changes?? Our selection of TV episodes and movies available to stream has grown dramatically, and as a result most members want us to deliver unlimited TV episodes and movies two ways: streaming instantly over the internet plus DVDs by mail.? The price increase will allow us to continue to offer the popular plan choice of unlimited TV episodes and movies streaming instantly along with unlimited DVDs.? The new plan, which does not include DVDs, is a great option for the increasing number of members who only want to watch instantly.? The $7.99 a month price reflects no DVD shipping costs on this plan."

Due to Android DRM issues, Netflix will only offer Android apps for some Android smartphones and tablets.

Netflix released its iPhone app in August and also the Windows Phone 7 app with the new release of Windows Phone.

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