iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 Reviews:
 ·Comcast
| Wait what? So you can only use 80% of your data allotment before having to buy more? That's a racket right there.
Also, you can get contract-free monthly data service from AT&T for $60/5GB, MUCH cheaper per GB than these offerings, though more expensive per month.
On the collusion argument, Verizon and AT&T are differentiated on features rather than pricing, and that's okay; Verizon's network is (MUCH) bigger, AT&T's network is faster on uploads nearly all of the time (1 Mbps) and on downloads some of the time.
For those who want cheap 3G, you can get it on Virgin Mobile with Sprint's network. $10 gets you ten days of service and 100MB of data, better than $15 for 75/1. $20 gets you a month of service and 250MB of data; that same 250MB would only last a week and cost $30 on VZW/AT&T. $40 gets you 600MB over a month, $60 gets you 1GB...$10 less for 100MB more data. All on the second-largest, third-fastest (behind AT&T and T-Mobile in upgraded markets) 3G network in the US.
You still have to pay upfront for your mobile broadband card, a rather spendy endeavor unless you already have a 3G card (I bought mine a year and a half ago when $20-for-unlimited GoPhone data reigned supreme). Still, in comparison with AT&T's own $35, 200MB contract plan the prepaid plans seem to be actually somewhat palatable, if still ridiculously overpriced. |
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