The final frontier. Unregulated capitalism at its greedy best.
Calling plans have dropped in price. Deals have been offered for unlimited calls, calls to other cell providors, rolling over minutes for calls, even texting, but megabyte usage is the hot one: Verizon charges 2 dollars per mb, or 25 mb plans for 10 dollars, etc... and I haven't figured out their formula for determining what an mb is or how it is determined. I can't estimate mb usage prior to using the service (I suppose it is there somewhere in the fine print) and am generally numb when seeing the charges they tack onto the bills for the ringtones, song, and games the kids buy. You don't just pay for these items, they charge you to download them, too.
My daughter wanted the LG enV® TOUCH and was told at the end of the deal that, btw, you have to have a data plan of 25mb monthly because it is a pda... zing. Of course she bought it... Everyone wants access, and there's no alternative other than paying for it.
I like the iTouch (not the iPhone, I don't have AT&T) for accessing internet, but one has to be in a wi-fi zone.
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rosecarmine
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Date: 2009-12-03 10:35 pm (UTC)The final frontier. Unregulated capitalism at its greedy best.
Calling plans have dropped in price. Deals have been offered for unlimited calls, calls to other cell providors, rolling over minutes for calls, even texting, but megabyte usage is the hot one: Verizon charges 2 dollars per mb, or 25 mb plans for 10 dollars, etc... and I haven't figured out their formula for determining what an mb is or how it is determined. I can't estimate mb usage prior to using the service (I suppose it is there somewhere in the fine print) and am generally numb when seeing the charges they tack onto the bills for the ringtones, song, and games the kids buy. You don't just pay for these items, they charge you to download them, too.
My daughter wanted the LG enV® TOUCH and was told at the end of the deal that, btw, you have to have a data plan of 25mb monthly because it is a pda... zing. Of course she bought it... Everyone wants access, and there's no alternative other than paying for it.
I like the iTouch (not the iPhone, I don't have AT&T) for accessing internet, but one has to be in a wi-fi zone.