| $5, $10, $15.. do I hear $20?? how much is a gigabyte worth?
even with gas prices tamping down like a feather.. the price of a gigabyte seems to be going up all the time.. |
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 amarryatVerizon FiOS
join:2005-05-02
Marshfield, MA
 ·Verizon FiOS
| said by tmc8080:how much is a gigabyte worth?
even with gas prices tamping down like a feather.. the price of a gigabyte seems to be going up all the time..
I think $10 is a ripoff! Verizon charges $50 for 1 GB. That's 5X a ripoff.
Imagine if cable rates were like that. Let's see, if you used somewhere around where Comcast's cap was (300GB), you'd be paying $3000 per month. |
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elray
join:2000-12-16
Santa Monica, CA | reply to tmc8080
said by tmc8080:how much is a gigabyte worth?
even with gas prices tamping down like a feather.. the price of a gigabyte seems to be going up all the time..
Contrary to the usual thumping that "data is data", a wireless gigabyte without a recurring monthly fee is certainly worth a lot more than one that expires in 30 days.
In this case, you're paying $11.25/GB to "own" it.
If your needs are sporadic (like mine), that's not a bad rate compared to renting expiring GB's at $5/month or more. |
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 BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to amarryat
said by amarryat:I think $10 is a ripoff! Verizon charges $50 for 1 GB. That's 5X a ripoff. wrong the $50 also includes unlimited minutes and texting. On old pricing unlimited family texting costs $30.
So go from 1 GB to 2 G is an $10. To go from 2 GB to 4 GB is $10. In fact every 2 GB after that is $10 or $5 per GB. Still high but not the $50 per GB you are implying.
Also why are even comparing to this to PHONE service when the more applicable comparison would be Verizon's HomeFusion service. It's $60 a month for $10 GB and you get 4G speeds. |
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amarryatVerizon FiOS
join:2005-05-02
Marshfield, MA Reviews:
·Verizon FiOS
| said by BF69:wrong the $50 also includes unlimited minutes and texting.
Wrong. That's $40. $40 gets you unlimited talk and text, and $50 more gets you 1GB of data. |
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