Verizon Price Change!

[blsimpson]

so I called them today to change my plan, I am currently on the 44.99 plan and don't have tethering. I do have a Q9m and the guy I talked to said that they didn't have a plan that included tethering, it was a 15.00 add on fee. I read this whole thread and I know a lot of talk has been put into the 29.99 plan, but I need push email for work (on call IT, and we don't have POP3 or IMAP enabled..) and would like the tethering for the same price im paying now.. Is there anything specific I need to ask for? or a "special" number I should call?

thanks in advance!

[by1333]

Originally Posted by n99hockey

its kind of hear say at this point as to what you can and cant do with the new plans but...

push email: wireless sync/exchange server
tethering: phone as modem
5-10 gig soft cap: they say unlimited but there is a limit at 5gig for 29.99 and 10 gig for 44.99 (for new plans only)

wow so it really isnt unlimited.. that blows then.. i went up in the 80 kilobytes last bill

[n99hockey]

Originally Posted by by1333

wow so it really isnt unlimited.. that blows then.. i went up in the 80 kilobytes last bill

80kb is nothing....
i wouldnt really worry about the 5-10gig limit...you would have to try pretty hard to hit that with just basic use

[WVOz1970]

In the two months I've had service, I haven't even hit 1 gig, and I use it a lot! Granted, I don't do streaming and such... but for business use (email, looking up info, sending/receiving files and so forth) 5-10 gigs is going to be tough for me to ever come close.

A question... I am thinking of staying at the $44.95 level to include tethering. I have used PDANet in the past on occasion. Is there any connection difference when using VZW's tethering vs PDANet? IOW, better connectivity/integration? I realize that the pipeline itself is the same through either tool. I find PDANet drops connection a lot.

[Tony Bag o Donuts]

Originally Posted by blsimpson

so I called them today to change my plan, I am currently on the 44.99 plan and don't have tethering. I do have a Q9m and the guy I talked to said that they didn't have a plan that included tethering, it was a 15.00 add on fee. I read this whole thread and I know a lot of talk has been put into the 29.99 plan, but I need push email for work (on call IT, and we don't have POP3 or IMAP enabled..) and would like the tethering for the same price im paying now.. Is there anything specific I need to ask for? or a "special" number I should call?

thanks in advance!

for push mail with tethering you are looking at a 65.00 a month data bill, unless you use pdanet.

[cheri]

Originally Posted by WVOz1970

In the two months I've had service, I haven't even hit 1 gig, and I use it a lot! Granted, I don't do streaming and such... but for business use (email, looking up info, sending/receiving files and so forth) 5-10 gigs is going to be tough for me to ever come close.

A question... I am thinking of staying at the $44.95 level to include tethering. I have used PDANet in the past on occasion. Is there any connection difference when using VZW's tethering vs PDANet? IOW, better connectivity/integration? I realize that the pipeline itself is the same through either tool. I find PDANet drops connection a lot.

Iused the VZW tethering and found it more reliable than PDANet. Maybe it depends on the area but I had more dropped connections with PDANet than the VZW tethering. I still have the option but with the laptop is still in the shop not much use for tethering at the moment.
Even used it on my PC for a few days with out much connection dropping.

[WVOz1970]

Originally Posted by Tony Bag o Donuts

for push mail with tethering you are looking at a 65.00 a month data bill, unless you use pdanet.

Now I'm confused... I thought the new plan INCLUDED push mail and tethering at the $44.95 price. I've got an email to my rep to find out if there is some specific plan name or number to request.

[blsimpson]

Ya, that's what I thought. looks like I might be trying PDANet..

Are there any precautions I should know about while trying it? I guess I can go search for it first.. :-) thanks guys. :-)

[cheri]

Originally Posted by WVOz1970

Now I'm confused... I thought the new plan INCLUDED push mail and tethering at the $44.95 price. I've got an email to my rep to find out if there is some specific plan name or number to request.

for me it was 15 extra for tethering.

im not on a business plan so who the heck knows...seems like the rules are set by who you talk to at vzw.

[||girlyQ||]

Originally Posted by djlactose

I don't think it is an issue but just so you know they very easily can prove you are using push email. The server send a special text message to the phone which tells the phone to connect and download your emails. This would show up in Verizon's system just like any other text message.

Good to know -- thanks!