 | | not interested same garbage as before. If they added a 0 after the initial offerings, it'd be close to reasonable. Aka 1GB for $10 would sell. Likewise, 10GB for $60 would actually gain a ton of customers. | |
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join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 | Re: not interested They would also be underselling their parent company. | |
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|  aaronwtPremium
join:2004-11-07
Woodbridge, VA
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| said by dfxmatt:same garbage as before. If they added a 0 after the initial offerings, it'd be close to reasonable. Aka 1GB for $10 would sell. Likewise, 10GB for $60 would actually gain a ton of customers. These Virgin Mobile plans have been excellent for me, and now they just got even better. I don't use it on a regular basis so I usually spend $20 at a time, which is usually good for a month. If I'm on travel I would purchase the $60 plan which used to be 1GB. But now it's 5GB which is really a sweet deal. | |
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join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 Reviews:
 ·Verizon Online DSL
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| Might actually get VMo... Granted, the pricing isn't great if you're using MBB as a home connection (Millenicom is good for that) but $20 per month for "casual usage" (300MB) isn't bad.
Hopefully this puts some downward pressure on Verizon and AT&T's offerings. I couldn't care much less about T-Mobile's service at this point; I've tried it out and was not impressed in the least. Same with CricKet's offering.
Okay, who am I kidding? If Verizon matched Virgin Mobile's pricing I'd get a Verizon data card with the $20/300MB plan.
That said, I'd go out and buy Virgin Mobile Broadband2Go right now if their tiers, complete with caps, were available with a WiMAX modem. | |
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join:2000-10-04
Glen Allen, VA
1 edit | Simple Answer Are those of you who were underwhelmed with the service at launch any more interested with the higher caps? No | |
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xirianPremium
join:2003-01-26
Beacon, NY
kudos:1 | Still doesn't meet the one thing I want in prepaid 3g... If I'm paying for X gb, I want that to last until it expires like some uk carriers, otherwise I might as well just tether. | |
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| | 30 days is a deal breaker for me Expiring in 180 days might be good.
It should be by the byte or by the clock, not both!
But I am a person that never used any such service. I use FIOS at home and OC-12s at work and WiFi anywhere else if I can.
When i vacation I have a hard time getting cell service! So would not waste time attempting this for use while vacationing. | |
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join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | WTF is it with the 5 GB cap? Why is this the magic number for monthly caps? It's a joke. | |
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|  KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little GuyPremium
join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK
·AT&T DSL Service
| Re: WTF is it with the 5 GB cap? said by BF69:Why is this the magic number for monthly caps? It's a joke. Maximum profit potential.
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| | The less you use the more you pay, Right? This has become the norm these day.
Sell you something like 5gigs of bandwidth for the highest price they can get away with.
Then if you don't use it in 30days take it back and sell you 5gigs more. They make money even if you don't or can't use it.
What every happen to charge me for what i used only each month.
Funny how it is the other way around for other types of ISP connections. My cable internet is 25 MBPS and they would get mad if i used it all. This one you have to use it all to get your moneys worth. The less you use the more you pay. I have not heard that one before. | |
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join:2002-01-17
Bloomington, IN | Maybe For 1 month use while traveling I would consider one of them. 2 weeks I used about 600 MB tethering on an unlocked smartphone, so the $40 plan I would consider. I would not be interested in it for more than occasional use when I vacation, twice a year. | |
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| | | Re: Maybe What's all the whining about the 5GB for 30 days? (alot better than 1gb in 30 days)
If you're on a month to month MBB plan, you get BILLED EVERY 30 days.. so what's the difference? | |
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join:2002-01-17
Bloomington, IN | Re: Maybe Why are you replying to me, I said none of that. | |
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| | 30 days is the deal breaker It really doesn't matter that much what the $/byte charge is....with a 30 day expiration, I'm just not interested. With a 30 day expiration there is no appeal at all, regardless of the $/byte metrics. | |
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1 edit | Re: 30 days is the deal breaker Virgins primary demo is and always will be the youth market AND those with less than stellar credit that may not be credit qualifed for a contract service. There will always be a market for this service. That just the way that Virgin does it and people who need the phone service put up with horrible offshore customer service and crappy phones. Its going to be the same way with the prepaid broadband. | |
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| | aaronwtPremium
join:2004-11-07
Woodbridge, VA Reviews:
·Verizon FiOS
1 edit | Re: 30 days is the deal breaker said by TWCcdman:Virgins primary demo is and always will be the youth market AND those with less than stellar credit that may not be credit qualifed for a contract service. There will always be a market for this service. That just the way that Virgin does it and people who need the phone service put up with horrible offshore customer service and crappy phones. Its going to be the same way with the prepaid broadband. The majority of people I know using Virgin mobile phones have stellar credit and make six figure incomes. They just don't use cellular phones that much and the Virgin Mobile plans work perfectly for them without having to spend a ton of money.
For me I use Verizon wireless since I don't have a landline, but the Virgin Mobile broadband plan works perfectly for me. If I need more bandwidth I just have them take $20 more from my Amex Platinum card. It's much much cheaper than using a monthly service since I don't use it on a regular basis. | |
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join:2005-10-28
San Antonio, TX
·RoadRunner Cable
| Why expire? My parents use Virgin Mobile's voice service and love it.... simply because they are casual users. Every few months they throw another $20-$40 on the account when their voice minutes get low. It works out perfectly for them since they only use their phones when they leave the house for awhile or go traveling.
So, why depart from that model on the data services and let your "data bucket" expire after only 30-days? If they can get the data services to work the exact same way and not expire then I think you'd have something unique and very useful.
Of course, as I'm thinking about it.... the 30-day limit actually may be a limit in Sprint/Virgin's billing system at the moment. | |
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join:2000-07-11
Youngsville, NC
kudos:2 Reviews:
·Time Warner Cable
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| My wife and me both use Virgin Mobile's Voice service and we love it too - much more reasonable to pay that $20 each account every 3 months than to pay a regular service $30/month.
I don't know about paying that much for mobile broadband, though. Accessible WIFI is usually available (ever hear of Linksys, the ISP ?  ) even if you go to the public library. | |
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| | It works for what we need it to It works for us. All of our work is done across the internet. So if its down, we are out of business. Every time it rains or snows we have a outage. So when the internet drops for 2 days till we get the phone lines back up, we buy a few gig for the card and use it, then put the card back in the closet for another 6 months till we need it again. | |
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| | | Re: They're selling the modem for $80... Thank you so much iansltx for posting this link!!! I ordered mine today! | |
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join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 | Re: They're selling the modem for $80... No problem. Think I'll do likewise. | |
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 Noah VailSon made my AvatarPremium
join:2004-12-10
Lorton, VA
kudos:1
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| Hmmmm. Nah. I carry a Sprint aircard for $30/mo no cap. I just don't think Sprint can compete with itself here.
But maybe if they keep trying; one day, Sprint re-branded products might just be as good as their own!
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| aaronwtPremium
join:2004-11-07
Woodbridge, VA Reviews:
·Verizon FiOS
| Re: Hmmmm. Nah. said by Noah Vail:I carry a Sprint aircard for $30/mo no cap. I just don't think Sprint can compete with itself here. But maybe if they keep trying; one day, Sprint re-branded products might just be as good as their own! NV How do you get it for $30?
When I checked Sprint, they wanted $50 or $60 a month, the same as most other carriers. $30 a month would be worth it.
I just went to the Sprint site and all their prices show me it costs $60 a month for the mobile broadband devices with a mobile broadband plan. | |
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| | Noah VailSon made my AvatarPremium
join:2004-12-10
Lorton, VA
kudos:1 Reviews:
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| Re: Hmmmm. Nah. I was being a little tongue-in-cheek here.
I really do have that card, with that plan at that price. But it's setup under a corp account that was eligible for a series of promotions.
I doubt our offer could be duplicated, but there are always other promotions out there. Our package was put together by a local Sprint reseller.
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join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 Reviews:
·Verizon Online DSL
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| Re: Hmmmm. Nah. Lucky 
Seriously though, Virgin Mobile's 3G offerings are effectively on parity with Sprint's now, though Sprint allows (300MB of) roaming and gives you unlimited 4G access in the bundle.
That said, with Virgin Mobile you'll never get a ridiculous data overage bill; when you run out of data, you go and buy more, with prices ranging from 1.2¢ to 10¢ per MB. Personally I'd love a service with a charge of $4 per GB, but unfortunately that ain't happenin' right now. | |
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1) Original VM Broadband modem didn't work (or at least work well; some people did some tweaking) on a Mac. Now officially Mac supported.
2) Sprint coverage at home is unusable, but is good in areas I travel to. Went with Millenicom/Verizon instead(only 3g service at home). Might consider VM now as a backup if traveling to PR/USVI (Sprint native coverage where Verizon roams since they sold off their PR operations to PRTC under the Claro brand name). Could leave dormant for up to a year until needed the next time.
3) VM customer service. Became somewhat marginal once VM became more popular(had a few years ago for voice). Better, quicker 24/7 service with Millenicom without a labirythine computerized voice response tree. Don't know if VM has hired more CSR's, but they would need to improve in this area to really win my business. | |
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