Nationwide plans vs America's choice for PDA motoQ

Today I inquired about upping my voice minutes from 450 to 900 and
learned that if i changed my plan i would be required to switch from
an almerica's choice to a nationwide plan. I use the data feature on
my Q MUCH more than the voice, but will need extra voice minutes for
the next few months.

Is there any down side regarding terms or charges with the Nationwide
plans vs the america's choice plans. i currently have unlimited data
for $40 per month minus a $5 business discount. will i be paying
more, or will i be forced to pay by the byte if i agree to a
nationwide plan. the vzw page seems vague.

exactly what is the difference?

>polecanoe <dontspamcmalikat@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>Today I inquired about upping my voice minutes from 450 to 900 and
>learned that if i changed my plan i would be required to switch from
>an almerica's choice to a nationwide plan. I use the data feature on
>my Q MUCH more than the voice, but will need extra voice minutes for
>the next few months.
>
>Is there any down side regarding terms or charges with the Nationwide
>plans vs the america's choice plans. i currently have unlimited data
>for $40 per month minus a $5 business discount. will i be paying
>more, or will i be forced to pay by the byte if i agree to a
>nationwide plan. the vzw page seems vague.
>
>exactly what is the difference?

The difference between the two plans is the way they handle data.

With America's Choice, data calls are treated as voice calls. In
the past, you could make data calls using only the minutes on
your voice plan. For the last couple year's, though, VZW, has
been slowly cutting off data service for "minutes of use", so
most folks can no longer get on line without paying for a data
feature like BroadbandAccess Connect (BBAC), which costs
$60/month. There are quite a few users who are still able to
connect for "minutes of use", but nobody seems to know why.

With the Nationwide plan, which has been around since November
2007, data is handled as data, and charged as such at $1.99/MB if
you don't have a data feature like BBAC.

I helped a friend switch from America's Choice to Nationwide a
couple weeks ago. He did it because an Internet connection
(albeit a slow one) is almost always available in Extended
Network areas with the Nationwide plan, but almost never with the
America's Choice plan. He kept his same monthly bill, with the
same number of minutes, as he had with America's Choice. There is
no longer a requirement to commit to a new contract when
switching voice plans, either.

The only down side to switching is that if you don't know that
it's going to cost you a very expensive $1.99/MB to use the
Internet with the Nationwide Plan without BBAC you could be in
for a very unpleasant surprise.

I guess the question you need to ask Verizon is whether you can
keep your same data plan when you switch to the Nationwide
calling plan.

Hope that helps.

--
Dave

In article <rf5a64hrcfscuvqocgm7cuhlgv7cd6k3ob@4ax.com>,
denali@alaska.net says...
> There are quite a few users who are still able to
> connect for "minutes of use", but nobody seems to know why.
>
>
>

Because their original plans have expired and they are on month to month
contracts.

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Bob Rudd wrote:
> In article <rf5a64hrcfscuvqocgm7cuhlgv7cd6k3ob@4ax.com>,
> denali@alaska.net says...
>> There are quite a few users who are still able to
>> connect for "minutes of use", but nobody seems to know why.
>>
>>
>>
>
> Because their original plans have expired and they are on month to month
> contracts.
>
Thats even even a guarantee. I know a number of people who are out of
contract and they were extremely casual "minutes of use" users and they
can no longer do it.

>Bob Rudd <bobrudd@verizon.net> wrote:

>In article <rf5a64hrcfscuvqocgm7cuhlgv7cd6k3ob@4ax.com>,
>denali@alaska.net says...
>> There are quite a few users who are still able to
>> connect for "minutes of use", but nobody seems to know why.
>>
>>
>>
>
>Because their original plans have expired and they are on month to month
>contracts.

While that makes a lot of sense, I have seen quite a few postings
from folks who have suddenly lost they "minutes of use" Internet
access without making any contract changes. I have seen nothing
but Internet-quality speculation to account for that.

--
Dave