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Everybody Lies
join:2003-12-01
Franklin, TN
 ·AT&T DSL Service
1 edit | *Laughs inside* Yeah, wake me when they have a real neighborhood wireless network that provides unlimited bandwidth (in terms of download/upload bytes) at under $10 a month, then I might get a little worried.
Until then, it's a shame they take advantage of the uninformed masses. 
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ggultra2764
join:2007-09-13
Cambridge, NY | Overage fees. Does this mean VZW lowered their overage fees outside of this or are overage fees still 25 cents per MB? | |
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ShellMMG
join:2009-04-16
Grass Lake, MI
 ·Alltel Axess
| I'd be all over this.. ...except for the 5G limit.
I'm currently with Alltel and have an unlimited download contract, but that expires in 18 month. Between now and then I'm keeping my ear to the ground for an alternative since FiOS, cable and/or DSL is out of reach because I'm rural. I do, however, have good cell tower access from Verizon and Alltel (sprint still sucks).
If the feds are serious about getting rural broadband, why not a program to give credits to wireless providers to service remote areas with higher caps? Comcast's 250G cap is reasonable, we're not movie downloaders, but we've got two teenagers. 5G is NOT going to cut it. | |
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RedWyvern
PHA
join:2002-03-19
Yonkers, NY | Re: rip "I don't know why I bought this card in the first place, cause I don't need it"
Says it all, if you ask me. | |
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pende_tim
Premium
join:2004-01-04
Andover, NJ
1 edit | Has This Been Rolled out Yet? Just looked on the VerrizonWireless site and did not see it being offered? Is it available now?
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| Re: Has This Been Rolled out Yet? said by pende_tim  :Just looked on the VerrizonWireless site and did not see it being offered? Is it available now? may 17th. | |
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TomClancy
Freedom isn't free
join:2003-04-23
... | ...? What is the point? | |
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RedWyvern
PHA
join:2002-03-19
Yonkers, NY
 ·Verizon FIOS
| Re: ...? It creates a personal portable wifi hotspot for use with your portable devices like laptop, ipod, netbook, etc. Not designed for use as your PRIMARY internet connection, simply lets you take it with you. No need to concern yourself with whether or not you can find a public one. | |
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join:2007-11-29
Portland, OR
| Re: ...? said by RedWyvern :It creates a personal portable wifi hotspot for use with your portable devices like laptop, ipod, netbook, etc. And why would I want that when I can just tether to my phone? Oh, I forgot, this is Verizon Wireless we are talking about, paying more while getting less. | |
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ohreally
@enta.net
| Re: ...? said by broccoli :said by RedWyvern :It creates a personal portable wifi hotspot for use with your portable devices like laptop, ipod, netbook, etc. And why would I want that when I can just tether to my phone? Oh, I forgot, this is Verizon Wireless we are talking about, paying more while getting less. If you want to connect more than one device, devices that may not have bluetooth (or iPod touches where the bluetooth is "crippled") and have wifi, etc.
I have a similar application on my S60 phone and it's very useful. | |
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Killa200
Premium
join:2005-12-02
Spring City, TN | Overages WooHoo! With the overage prices like that, your only looking at $102.4 per GB over your plan's initial monthly charge.
What a deal! | |
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| stufried
Premium
join:2003-10-13 | Re: Overages Not when you compare it to ATT overages. Then it is a bargain. | |
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join:2007-09-13
Cambridge, NY | Re: Overages Sprint's overages are a better bargain at five cents per MB gone over which amounts to only $51.20 per GB. Doing the math, you could get away with 5 GB over on data allowance for just over $250, the same amount as using a GB on VZW. | |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| said by Killa200 :WooHoo! With the overage prices like that, your only looking at $102.4 per GB over your plan's initial monthly charge. What a deal! Verizon's regular overage is 25 cents per MB which is $256 per GB. I wonder why the overage for this is "cheaper"?
even at "only" $102.40 per GB not to mention the 5 GB cap I wonder how verizon gets away with this yet TW gets slammed for wanting to charge $1 per GB over and having a 40 GB cap. | |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| said by Killa200 :WooHoo! With the overage prices like that, your only looking at $102.4 per GB over your plan's initial monthly charge. What a deal! According to another site the $60 plan with the 5 GB cap has 5 cents per MB overage. Still ridiculous at $51.20 per GB, but a bit less crazy than 25 cents per MB. | |
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evergreek
Boeing Rocks
join:2003-05-25
Hialeah, FL
clubs: | overpriced Clearly overpriced, bah  | |
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RedWyvern
PHA
join:2002-03-19
Yonkers, NY
·Verizon FIOS
| Targeted users..... This isn't being marketed to torrent user types. I have my home connection for that. Who this will appeal to are users such as myself that would like to have internet access on my ipod touch while I'm on the bus, or train. I would love to have access to websites all the time, and this would be the perfect solution. This is NOT something you would want to use for streaming on a portable device, why would you? You want music? load up a playlist before leaving home. I don't understand, and never will understand people that feel it's their duty to point out the negative in EVERYTHING. This is a great idea, and even at the pricepoint, this has a market. 250mb would be a hell of alot of webpage loading to create overage. Bottom line, if it's used for it's intended purpose, this is a godsend, if used for heavy downloading, then you deserve any overages.
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arundc
join:2004-08-11 | Re: Targeted users..... couldn't have said it any better. | |
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| Springbokke
join:2002-09-13
Colleyville, TX
| said by RedWyvern :I don't understand, and never will understand people that feel it's their duty to point out the negative in EVERYTHING. We need people pointing out the negatives so we know what we get. The marketing team will never allow the vendor to point that out. Of course you should still take all this with a grain of salt and do your own evaluation, but at least you know what to look for. | |
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RedWyvern
PHA
join:2002-03-19
Yonkers, NY
·Verizon FIOS
| Re: Targeted users..... That's true, and I agree with you 100%. But people spouting comments like "I run a data server from home, this is overpriced" makes no sense. And yes, that was extreme, but you get my drift. All I'm saying is there's a market for everything, yet some people try to make 20lbs of B.S. fit into a 5lbs bag, and then complain about the poor workmanship of the bag manufacturer. Get a grip people, and compare apples to apples.
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damonlab
Premium
join:2001-05-02
Detroit, MI
clubs:  | Day pass? Do the $15 day passes have unlimited data, or are there overage fees with those as well? | |
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| dashock333
join:2007-11-18
Pine Grove, PA | Re: Day pass? Anyone know if Millenicom will pick up on this as well? | |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| said by damonlab :Do the $15 day passes have unlimited data, or are there overage fees with those as well? I'm sure there is a cap. Actually paying $15 a day every day for a month as long as you get a 5 GB cap is ironically and sadly cheaper than paying monthly and using 9 GB.
monthly plan and using 9 GB( that's 4 GB over )$469.60
Daily plan with 5 GB daily cap=$450 for 150 GB.
I wouldn't be surprised though to see the $15 daily plan capped at 250 MB. | |
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rdmiller
join:2005-09-23
Richmond, VA | Day Pass potential I watched David Pogue demonstrate this on CNBC today. He was very impressed. If you are on the road occasionally, the Day Pass looks like a godsend. Beats competing with the other 250 guests in your hotel for the limited hotel wifi bandwidth. | |
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BiggA
join:2005-11-23
EARTH
| Unjustified They are hypocritical to charge overage fees instead of throttling after the cap. The problem is that they claim that they need to limit usage, as the network is not meant for heavy use. That's justified, but by charging they are saying that it's just a money grab, and not true network management. They should just turn the dial down after a certain amount per day or per month, like say 1gb/day and 10gb/mo, throttle back to 100kb or something. | |
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chsteiger
Premium
join:2003-10-03
Pasadena, TX | Daily Plan? What ever happened to the 15 bucks a day plan for this? | |
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