The rumors have been swirling around the internet for the past few days now, but today Verizon Wireless officially unveiled its new series of unlimited calling plans. All three plans, which range from $99 to $139, include unlimited calls to anyone, anytime in the U.S., with the $139 plan including unlimited text messaging and data transfers. This is pretty major, given the fact that most major carriers offer no more than a few thousand minutes at very similar price points. Crappy phone selection aside, it’s good to see Verizon leading the way on this. With a growing number of people completely abandoning landlines and going strictly wireless (our generation especially), I’m sure that we’ll begin to see more carriers jump on the bandwagon with similar plans very soon.

UPDATE*:
Not to be out done by Verizon, the folks over at AT&T have announced plans to launch their very own unlimited calling plan beginning Thursday (2/22). Peep. Sprint, T-Mobile are you guys next???

UPDATE**
T-mobile joins in on the fun! Meanwhile, Sprint isn’t giving in to the peer pressure.