[132722] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Tue Nov 30 11:33:28 2010
From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
In-Reply-To: <4CF524D4.7090304@2mbit.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 08:29:04 -0800
To: Brielle Bruns <bruns@2mbit.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
MetroPCS also offers unlimited EVDO.
Owen
On Nov 30, 2010, at 8:22 AM, Brielle Bruns wrote:
> On 11/30/10 9:07 AM, William Herrin wrote:
>> My Verizon Blackberry plan says unlimited data. Including the tether.
>>=20
>=20
> Its 5GB, trust me on that one. Former roommate worked for Verizon =
Wireless as a high level blackberry tech in the local call center - they =
quietly added the cap to all plans over the past year after adding all =
these little disclaimers to sales docs, websites, etc.
>=20
> She came home and warned us one day that our EVDO modem on the =
business account was now capped, even though it was originally =
'unlimited'. IIRC, they'll start billing you per megabyte or gigabyte =
after 5GB. I've not had an oppertunity to test this, so I'm only going =
by what I was told.
>=20
>> IIRC, Clear's 4G service has no monthly cap.
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> It does, 5GB as well, but I believe they throttle you down majorly =
once you hit the cap. I'll keep my eyes on the fine print next time I =
see a Clear commercial here.
>=20
> --=20
> Brielle Bruns
> The Summit Open Source Development Group
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