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$15 "promotional" data plan...
llamaJan 27, 2011, 12:14 PM
daughter has it on her Blackberry...works fine for her. When it goes away, is she gonna be grandfathered???
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MennoJan 27, 2011, 12:17 PM
Yep. As long as she sticks with that phone she should be fine.
Not sure what will happen when she wants to upgrade though yet, but I suspect it will be like other grandfathered plans. it should work fine on 3g phones, but won't work on LTE devices (and possibly the 3g iphone)
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Blackberry features are not compatible with other smartphones. So as long as she sticks with those.
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MennoJan 27, 2011, 12:41 PM
Ah yeah.. forgot about that little issue.
It's kind of annoying that Android/winmo/webos all share the same code, but blackberry doesnt.
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Same thing with Sprint. Makes ESN swaps a needless hassle.
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I have researched this so much.
What Blackberry does she have?
I have a Blackberry 8830 and I struggle to get pass 100mb a month.
I pay the $15. We can be grandfathered in.
They will have a new option for $10 for 75mb per month. Cheaper, but more expensive per mb.
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llamaJan 27, 2011, 2:05 PM
8330 Curve...
9.85MB of 150 MB halfway thru the current bill cycle...
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75mb for $10 won't be available on smartphones
just as a grandfathered $15 150MB plan won't be available on an iphone4
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whaaaaat so i going to have to pay $24. Fiddle sticks.
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I have a BB Bold, which I set to wifi both at home and at the office. As a result, I use very little data over the phone connection. Even when I didn't set it on wifi, I still rarely consumed more than 30 MB during any month. The 150 MB plan is more than adequate for my usage. In fact, I wonder how many BB owners ever surpass 150 MB in a month.
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