[olug] [OT] Cell phone carrier questions...

[Christopher R. White]

>From my experience with Verizon, the actual phone data plan is unlimited.
Tethered phones have a 2 gig cap strictly for tethering and the usb dongles
have a 5 gig cap.  As for the 14 day try before you buy, there is no fine
print, just gotta haggle with the sales rep to say ok sometimes. . .

Chris from Kearney
On Apr 8, 2011 3:52 PM, "Dan Linder" <dan at linder.org> wrote:
> I'm getting close to the end of my Sprint contract and I'm looking around
a
> bit. (For what it's worth, I live in the Bellevue area.)
>
> I have some questions about peoples experiences with carriers:
> * My wife and I have been thinking about a Verizion Droid phone, but I've
> heard that the data caps are kind of tight (5GB) if you use data a lot.
>
> 1: When I checked on line last night, I couldn't see the data cap
mentioned
> anywhere, even in the fine print. A forum post I found said that the
> Verizion data caps only apply to the USB modems, not the phones. Is that
> true?
>
> 2: Verizon has a "14 day" (
http://www.verizonwireless.com/ReturnPolicy.shtml)
> try-before-you-buy policy. Has anyone actually used this? Were you able to
> get out of a new contract, or is there some micro-fine writing I missed?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Dan
>
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