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- 07-14-2008, 02:33 PM #16Todd AllcockGuest
Re: Phone recommendation?
At 14 Jul 2008 15:23:58 -0400 Dutch wrote:
> > AT&T seems to do it the same way- the 5GB cp only applies to tethering
or
> > PC cards- "on-phone" data is unlimited, probably under the theory that
it'd
> > be difficult to "abuse" data on such a small-screened, limited-function
> > device (i.e. most phones aren't equipped to do filesharing or act as a
> > server, etc.)
>
> Yeah, I expect that's their reasoning too, Todd. It's hard to store too
> many DVD downloads in memory... :-)
Very true... ;-)
In addition, Sprint's and AT&T's data card/tether caps are of the "soft"
variety- they warn you to cool it first (if you exceed it habitually),
rather than cut you off or charge you extra, as opposed to, say, Verizon's
hard 5GB limit- exceed that and they simply charge you $0.49/MB over.
That's only $500/GB or so... ;-)
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- 07-14-2008, 02:41 PM #17DutchGuest
Re: Phone recommendation?
Todd Allcock wrote:
> At 14 Jul 2008 15:23:58 -0400 Dutch wrote:
>
>>> AT&T seems to do it the same way- the 5GB cp only applies to tethering
> or
>>> PC cards- "on-phone" data is unlimited, probably under the theory that
> it'd
>>> be difficult to "abuse" data on such a small-screened, limited-function
>>> device (i.e. most phones aren't equipped to do filesharing or act as a
>>> server, etc.)
>>
>> Yeah, I expect that's their reasoning too, Todd. It's hard to store too
>> many DVD downloads in memory... :-)
>
> Very true... ;-)
>
> In addition, Sprint's and AT&T's data card/tether caps are of the "soft"
> variety- they warn you to cool it first (if you exceed it habitually),
> rather than cut you off or charge you extra, as opposed to, say, Verizon's
> hard 5GB limit- exceed that and they simply charge you $0.49/MB over.
> That's only $500/GB or so... ;-)
So far, my account is still showing "unlimited" for my tethered data
service, so I'm hoping it stays that way as long as I don't change
plans. A warning does beat the heck out of an unexpected extra charge
though... :-)
--
Dutch
Sprint/Motorola RAZR V3m
tethered to PCLinuxOS 2008
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