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

[Christopher R. White]

Also, for what it's worth, a rooted phone can be tethered without paying for
tethering as an option and then there is no cap. . .
On Apr 8, 2011 4:10 PM, "Christopher R. White" <slaeyer at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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