Verizon Wireless Changes Smartphone Plans
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comparison with unlimited data plan
Anyone know the difference between this plan and their $44.99 unlimited data plan? Is it essentially the same functionality for a lower price on selected phones?
Thanks.
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My guess is the difference is you can't use the phone as a modem but you can use the phone's browser all you want. I personally think it's sweet because I was going to dump the date plan because i never tether the phone as a modem but I do us the internet on it a lot. I could live without the internet on my phone but for $15 a month less I might just keep it.
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willvApr 14, 2008, 10:04 AM
they recently reduced the blackberry data to $30 unlimited, and it made a lot of pda owners (me one of them) a lil upset that we have to pay 15 more for the same service, so i think they did this to compensate for that
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44.99 allows for corp email/pim sync. 29.99 doesn't have this, you literally download an email program that syncs with pop3 account, similar to the mobile email program available on regular handsets
internet use is unlimited though (no mention of the 5gb limit so far as I can see.
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irieApr 14, 2008, 11:06 AM
Plans is exactly the same without the Corp email option. There is no 5GB cap on email/web browging on PDA, the cap only comes into play when you do tethering. The cost of tethering on the $29.99 email option will be $30 to make it $59.99 just like BroadBand Access through PC cards. Right now there are a limited selection in supported phones but that will change soon.
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Other than the fact that you have to download a program similar to mobile email and there are only a few devices that are currently compatible, the biggest difference is in attachment sizes. On the $44.99 plan, you can send attachments that are only limited by the available memory of your device. On the new $29.99 plan, you can send and receive attachments that are 4MB or less, and you can forward attachments that are 2MB or less. So if I send you a 3MB file, and you want to forward it, you have to save it to your phone and resend it as a new message. Keep in mind that most word and excel documents are only a few kilobytes.
So if you're big into sending and receiving large files, you may want to keep your $44.99 plan.
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