pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
Premium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD
edit:
December 17th, @12:09PM
| Freedom From Overpriced WiFi?
For $60-$80 a month? Huh?
--
Rove / Rumsfeld 2008! |
|
stufried
Premium
join:2003-10-13
 ·Verizon BroadbandA..
| For a Road Warrior, sure. My question is how did the guy who is featured in the story avoid huge charges in Amsterdam. Verizon's International EVDO plan at ($120 a month apx), gives you UMTs roaming in Europe, but I think you are capped at 250 megs in the flat rate. After that you pay overages. 250 megs is the one day limit at his hotel. Therefore, he would have been running overages either way. Verizon also enforces a "reasonable useage" limit that has booted many people off their unlimited plans.
I'd also note that Cingular has recently offered an international data plan. Verizon is not the only one looking at a global perspective. In my mind, the low marks on this go to T-Mobile who has the global infrastructure and doesn't do a darn thing with it. Come on T-Mobile, offer a plan which is "no roaming" on the global T-Mobile network. |
|
pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
Premium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD
| said by stufried  :For a Road Warrior, sure. My question is how did the guy who is featured in the story avoid huge charges in Amsterdam. Well it IS Amsterdam  There are far more, um... recreational... things to do there than just use the Internet LOL.
said by stufried :I'd also note that Cingular has recently offered an international data plan. Verizon is not the only one looking at a global perspective. In my mind, the low marks on this go to T-Mobile who has the global infrastructure and doesn't do a darn thing with it. Come on T-Mobile, offer a plan which is "no roaming" on the global T-Mobile network. My question would be, are we certain T-Mobile has this capability? I don't think they even offer EDGE data service in the USA (I am not sure though) and I haven't seen them do anything here in the way of 3G deployments (it might be different outside of the USA again I do not know). While T-Mobile certainly does have reach in most countries with regards to GSM-based cellular service, they may not have the infrastructure needed to provide data service.
--
Rove / Rumsfeld 2008! |
|
stufried
Premium
join:2003-10-13
·Verizon BroadbandA..
| T-Mobile just turned on Edge in the US. Sony Ericsson has a wireless datacard which is both EDGE and UMTs compatible. I own a Motorola c975 which can connect to both the EDGE and UMTs networks. EDGE is clearly not UMTs, but it beats GPRS and is tolerable for e-mailing checking and web surfing. |
|
pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
Premium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD | Ahhhh ok thanks for the clarification.
--
Rove / Rumsfeld 2008! |
|
