Comments on: Verizon Wireless to Offer Pay-As-You Mobile Broadband http://gigaom.com/mobile/verizon-wireless-to-offer-pay-as-you-mobile-broadband/ Sun, 27 May 2012 10:16:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: JOHNNY RAD http://gigaom.com/mobile/verizon-wireless-to-offer-pay-as-you-mobile-broadband/#comment-428373 Sun, 04 Apr 2010 01:48:22 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=49343#comment-428373 5 gig a month cap is a fucking joke, gimme a fucking break, what a fucking rip off, the whole thing is a rip off. Pay as you go is EVEN worse. My friend had verizon and it stinked, sometimes he wouldn’t be able to load a website for like 2 minutes, for hours on end.

]]> By: Virtuous http://gigaom.com/mobile/verizon-wireless-to-offer-pay-as-you-mobile-broadband/#comment-428372 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:31:56 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=49343#comment-428372 Monthly – $50 for 500 MB is a bad deal. For only $10 more on contract you get 5GB instead of only .5GB.

]]> By: Luscious http://gigaom.com/mobile/verizon-wireless-to-offer-pay-as-you-mobile-broadband/#comment-428371 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:50:55 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=49343#comment-428371 That pricing structure is badly screwed – 50 bucks for a lousy 500MB/month.

Here’s my recommendation for fairer mobile broadband:

2-year contract = $60/month 9GB/month cap
1-year contract = $70/month 5GB/month cap
2-year contract = $99/month 25GB/month cap
2-year contract = $120/month unlimited (no cap)

Monthly plan = $50 2GB
Weekly plan = $30 1GB
Daily plan = $15 750MB

Got a smartphone? Tether for free. Pay only for your connection speed:

GPRS = $10/month unlimited
EVDO = $20/month unlimited
3G = $40/month unlimited

Maybe if service providers weren’t so greedy we would see prices like these. Competition is no good when carriers band together in a joint conspiracy to rip off consumers. What they call choice is nothing more than poor service at premium price.

]]> By: Tony http://gigaom.com/mobile/verizon-wireless-to-offer-pay-as-you-mobile-broadband/#comment-428370 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:46:11 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=49343#comment-428370 Then check out Virgin Mobile – it’s $20/250MB that lasts a month. I tried it for a month; it worked well, but it just wasn’t enough MB for me.

]]> By: victor http://gigaom.com/mobile/verizon-wireless-to-offer-pay-as-you-mobile-broadband/#comment-428369 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:53:45 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=49343#comment-428369 those people don’t know how to price a product and make money.overnight richnes doesn’t egsist any more, ask pigeons for
an answer…

]]> By: johnkzin http://gigaom.com/mobile/verizon-wireless-to-offer-pay-as-you-mobile-broadband/#comment-428368 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:19:25 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=49343#comment-428368 I don’t mind “$15 for 75MB” … but I do mind “$15/day”. If you use it more than 2 days a week, might as well go with the week plan. Or more than 3 times a month. That’s not a very good scalability factor.

Give me $15/75MB that lasts a month, and I’d go for that. or $30/250MB that lasts a month. That, and let me use it on a mifi.

]]> By: Kevin C. Tofel http://gigaom.com/mobile/verizon-wireless-to-offer-pay-as-you-mobile-broadband/#comment-428367 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:57:37 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=49343#comment-428367 I haven’t yet, but that’s not a bad idea. Virgin Mobile offers a compelling set of options at a lower per MB cost: http://jkontherun.com/2009/06/10/virgin-mobile-usa-pay-per-mb-nationwide-3g-has-a-good-until-date/ And I have seen offers from Cricket and others, but I want to ensure I have coverage where I need it. Let me see what I can put together. :)

]]> By: Craig http://gigaom.com/mobile/verizon-wireless-to-offer-pay-as-you-mobile-broadband/#comment-428366 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:02:59 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=49343#comment-428366 Did you investigate any other pay-as-you-go plans from other operators? I’ve been looking for a comparison on the pay as you go offers. Might be a good follow up post. I think there are a lot of us out there on the fence on the monthly plans that will bite on the pay as you go model.

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