phrider
join:1999-12-17
Los Angeles, CA
| reply to DSLmontgomery
Re: Verizon and AirPhone
They did reduce the rates, in a Verizon-centric way.
If you were a Verizon cellular customer, you could sign up for two alternative plans:
1. VZW cellular customers could sign up for a $0.69/minute plan for no monthly cost.
2. VZ@ cellular customers could sign up for a $10 per month plan that had an AirPhone airtime cost of $0.10 per minute.
I travel a lot for business -- and this was the excuse I needed to switch my cell service to Verizon. That's now up for grabs again.
With either cell-linked Verizon/Airphone plan, you could program the AirPhone to ring your cellular number at your seat while you were in the air (and your cell was turned off, as it is supposed to be). On one ocassion, I actually caught the AirPhone ringing (a flashing light). The rest of the time it just went to my cell voicemail, but by checking the AirPhone you could see that a call had been received and the Caller ID on that call.
In the last 9 months or so, the AirPhones could be programmed to receive calls like this on only about half the flights. The rest of the time, it was just "could not register with ground" or the phones just didn't work at all. Maybe I should ask for some of my money back.... |
