"Roger 2008" <rwpcs@att.net> wrote:
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>"Roger 2008" <rwpcs@att.net> wrote in message
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>> "Roger 2008" <rwpcs@att.net> wrote in message
>> news:FeWdnVxf8uKycY3VnZ2dnUVZ_jOdnZ2d@giganews.com ...
>> > Out of curiosity, I took a look at the "Touch" that Verizon sales.
>>
>> Besides Verizon striping their "Touch" of "Bluetooth PAN" and putting a 5G
>> cap on their data network I found something else today.
>>
>> Verizon lowered the price of the "Data Plan" to *try* and match Sprint and
>> they added some rules to follow at the same time.
>> http://www.xv6900.com/Verizon-Drops-Data-Plan-Pricing
>>
>> "Verizon Lowers Data Plan Pricing"
>>
>> With the release of the XV6900 just a few short days away, Verizon
>Wireless
>> has announced that it has lowered pricing for the unlimited data plan from
>> $45.00/month to $29.99/month. This puts pricing for high speed data
>network
>> access on par with Sprint and AT&T.
>>
>> The $29.99/month plan does not support Exchange, which should primarily
>> impact enterprise users. The new data plan will provide unlimited access
>to
>> the web and up to 10 personal e-mail accounts, including free Internet
>email
>> providers such as Windows Live, AOL and Yahoo.
>>
>> The $29.99 data plan is only available with qualifying voice plans. This
>new
>> data plan is currently available on the Verizon Wireless SMT5800; the
>> Verizon Wireless XV6800 and the MOTO Q9m.
>>
>> ========== My comments below ==========
>>
>> Verizon should have dropped the price to $24.99 to match Sprint. More on
>> that later.
>>
>> Verizon should let their users have "Bluetooth PAN" to match Sprint.
>>
>> Verizon should remove their 5G cap on their data network to match Sprint.
>>
>> Now why the $24.99 instead of the $29.99 mentioned above? When I added
>> "Unlimited data" to my Mogul it was for $39.xx a month but I was allowed
>to
>> drop the Vision service shortly after that meaning I'm only paying $25 a
>> month more for unlimited data.
>
>After some double checking I found out the $29.99 is for unlimited data to
>the phone itself. If you want to use your phone for broadband access to a
>laptop with a 5G cap then you add another $59.99.
>
>That means I'd be paying $50 more a month if I were on Verizon and I
>wouldn't even have Bluetooth PAN with a Verizon phone.
>
>Not only would I *not* have Bluetooth PAN but I'd have to use a program that
>you download from http://vzam.net if I wanted intenet on my laptop.
>
>No thanks.
Roger,
I agree. One of the reasons I stay with Sprint is because of their
data plans. On my Palm 755P, same as your Mogul, unlimited data to the
phone & PAM is $39.95 AND no cap. For what Verizon is charging on
Sprint you could have Vision on your phone AND a pay for data service
on an AirCard.
BTW, Palms have the same issue with PAM on any carrier. They do not
appear to the PC as a network card like an AirCard or a Novatel does.
You have to install Sprint Connection Manager to get any better than
dial-up transfer speeds (the basic Palm software installs a 755 as a
modem, so you CAN use DUN, but as I said, DUN has speed limitations)
which makes it a pain to use the Palm on a foreign machine. On the
other hand, you have to install drivers for an AirCard, so I guess
that is not that big of an issue.
One other sidebar - if you do use Sprint Connection Manager, DO NOT
try and do an upgrade on a new version!! I've tried it twice and ended
up with an unworkable mess. Better to uninstall the old version and
then install the new one. I wish that Sprint would get another vendor
to do their CM software - their present one is kinda lame.
Regards,
Bill Bowen
Sacramento, CA