iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 Reviews:
 ·Comcast
| reply to ShellMMG
Agreed. $12 per GB for the first 5 GB, then several times larger than that for additional GB...not the way to go.
As a side note, there are companies who wiill sell you an uncapped account. Not Millenicom anymore, but there's one that will do fixed access with mobile broadband. Problem is, we're talking about $150/month on a three-year contract.
On the supply and demand side of things, awhile back AT&T had a loophole where you could use a GoPhone unlimited data plan in a broadband card. Soft 5GB cap and no VPN access, but 1.2 Mbit/s for $19.99 per month was great, even though I did have to shell out $130 of my hard-earned money for a mobile broadband USB dongle.
If the mobile broadband package was $20 on no contract with purchase (for $150 or so) of the card, tons of people would sign up. Oh wait, that would crash AT&T's network. Back to thr drawing board...
...waitaminute. Netbook users are going to use more mobile broadband than cell phone users, though presumably less than full laptop users. Then again I'm a full laptop user and could easily bust 5GB per month on mobile broadband (I don't though...I like my SERO plan). Of course, who cares if people break 5GB in a month...AT&T is making bank on those chumps...until they start suing AT&T or whining to the press.
Gragh. |
