Power Vision and Vision are two completely separate schemes, and you're
benefiting either from being grandfathered in or having the sales rep do
some tricks with your account.
EVDO-based phones require Power Vision, which is analogous to DSL. Regular
Vision is an older plan designed for pre-EVDO phones, and is analogous to
dialup.
There are four levels of Power Vision:
Access Pack - $15
Plus Pack - $20
Business Pack - $25
Ultimate Pack - $25
Only the Plus Pack and above include unlimited Picture Mail. Otherwise, it
is a $5 add-on.
http://www.sprint.com/business/produ...sionPacks.html
While you might feel lucky paying less/getting more for your Vision Pack,
there *might* be hidden gotchas, as evidenced by this thread:
http://forums.wirelessadvisor.com/sp...n-service.html
In particular, that you could be operating at 1/20th the potential speed of
your device, and that should you use EVDO, you could be charged per-KB for
transfers. Perhaps there's no EVDO service in your area yet, so you haven't
noticed anything. Of course, no one over there agrees on this either.
Nevertheless, the bottom line is that nowadays Sprint intends for EVDO
people to have Power Vision, not regular Vision. And that both plans are a
poor value for the casual Picture Mail user who does not browse the Web.
As for the unasked but inevitable "why get an EVDO phone when you don't use
it?" -- the MOTOKRZR was free and damned sexy-looking. I don't know if it's
even possible anymore to get a Sprint phone without EVDO.
If you are going to again assert that your geographic area is a special
case, please provide a zip code so that anyone can check online.
p.s.: The better-than-free KRZRs (normally $199 after rebates on the Sprint
site) are at:
http://www.krzrworld.com/
I say better-than-free because you also get a $50 rebate on top of that
(through March 31).
"Andy" <N@n.com> wrote in message
news:45efeacc$0$5730$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
> price in my area is 15 unlimited for the vision pack and you can put a
> vision pack on a power vision phone but not the other way around.
>
>
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> AL'S COMPUTERS
> "Bill Marriott" <wjm@wjm.org> wrote in message
> news:jISdnU-0Xp2qX3PYnZ2dnUVZ_g6dnZ2d@comcast.com...
>> And I personally pay $10 for the Power Vision Plus Pack, but that is
>> because of a special deal I got. The "list price" is $20; look it up on
>> the Sprint site.
>>
>> $15 or $20, you still have to send a bucketload of photos in order for it
>> to be "worth it." ($18/photo if you send 10/year, vs. $8/photo with the
>> $5/month + $2/ea. option.)
>>
>> "Andy" <N@n.com> wrote in message
>> news:45eeb2da$0$5238$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
>>> not correct i have the 15 a month vision pack and i get unlimited
>>> internet and pcs picure mail and have had it for a bout 6 months now.
>>> i know what i pay and i know what my rep sold it to me for unless in
>>> youre area its higher .
>>
>>
>
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Does Picture mail included with vision Pack?
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