[132791] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek J. Balling)
Wed Dec 1 15:32:01 2010
From: "Derek J. Balling" <dredd@megacity.org>
In-Reply-To: <15615ED6-CEB2-4416-A91A-0B4CF9B82824@delong.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 15:31:41 -0500
To: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Sprint also offers unlimited 3G/4G data, and they were *really* specific =
in a mailing to their customers a couple days ago actually that =
"unlimited means unlimited, not like some of our competitors are doing =
to their customers".
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On Nov 30, 2010, at 11:29 AM, Owen DeLong wrote:
> MetroPCS also offers unlimited EVDO.
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> Owen
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> On Nov 30, 2010, at 8:22 AM, Brielle Bruns wrote:
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>> On 11/30/10 9:07 AM, William Herrin wrote:
>>> My Verizon Blackberry plan says unlimited data. Including the =
tether.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>>> 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.
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>> Brielle Bruns
>> The Summit Open Source Development Group
>> http://www.sosdg.org / http://www.ahbl.org
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