Thunderbolt free hotspot confirmed Pricing Too- June 15th

[Alma]

The current cost for ***3G*** Hotspot is $20/2GB. This will not be available on 4G devices. ***You have been warned!!!***

Your post seems to hint that the price for 4G will be more than $20 for 2GB! Is this true?

 

[Slapnpop826]

I guess I will be rooting on 6/16/2011

 

[swade8]

At&t now charges $10 for tethering and get this....it s unlimited.a friend of mine just signed up for it. I wonder if verizon would ever beat or match that deal.

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[FrankXS]

$20/5GB is highly unlikely from VZW. Current VZW mobile broadband price is $50/5GB... So obviously hotspot isn't going to be cheaper..

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VZW's past methodology on tethering pricing was to bring the total data pricing up to the level of a dedicated wireless modem/data card. Used to be $60/mo. So, on a phone, they would charge you $30/mo for unlimited data and $30 for tethering (i.e. total of $60 to match a data card price).

So... now that a data card price is $50/mo, it sounds logical that the MHS would cost $20/mo added to the current $30/mo for the phone (equals $50/mo - same as data card).

-Frank

 

[dpham00]

What is the cheapest rate for internet anyway? I'm talking for computers. Is there a $30 a month plan out there?

i just checked, $15/mo DSL 3mb down with 1 year contract is the cheapest from AT&T.

 

[CaptDigB]

For Smartphones & Feature Phones
Mobile Broadband Connect & 3G Mobile Hotspots

Monthly Access Fee $20 Monthly Data Allowance 2 GB After Allowance Per-GB Rate $20

I cant see the price being any different being that the devices still will be using 3g also. Look at the rates for 3g and 4g they are all the same.

 

[CaptDigB]

VZW's past methodology on tethering pricing was to bring the total data pricing up to the level of a dedicated wireless modem/data card. Used to be $60/mo. So, on a phone, they would charge you $30/mo for unlimited data and $30 for tethering (i.e. total of $60 to match a data card price).

So... now that a data card price is $50/mo, it sounds logical that the MHS would cost $20/mo added to the current $30/mo for the phone (equals $50/mo - same as data card).

-Frank

Yeah but you get 3 gb less data and higher overage fee with the current smartphone hotspot package compared to $50 5gb $10 per gb overage. So it doesnt add up.

 

[Mortiel]

Your post seems to hint that the price for 4G will be more than $20 for 2GB! Is this true?

Not hinting at anything. Literally I have no more information than what I have been repeatedly droning out on here recently. There is no pricing information yet.

 

[FrankXS]

Yeah but you get 3 gb less data and higher overage fee with the current smartphone hotspot package compared to $50 5gb $10 per gb overage. So it doesnt add up.

I have never publicly accused VZW of doing anything logical!

I personally would pay up to $29/mo, but I would like more than 2GB for that. Not much more. I'd be satisfied with 4-5GB at $29/mo. More $ than that would be very tough.

-Frank

 

[Alma]

I guess I will be rooting on 6/16/2011

I was not tethering before the Thunderbolt, so I can live without it, but will learn how to root -- just because Verizon is beginning to be too greedy! :-$

 

[prakash99]

I was not tethering before the Thunderbolt, so I can live without it, but will learn how to root -- just because Verizon is beginning to be too greedy! :-$

Did you just say "beginning"?...... BEGINNING?... Really?


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[Maverik]

I guess I will be rooting on 6/16/2011

This

 

[fatboy97]

Everything now a days is all about making money... and in that case they are making all kinds of money from Data... I'd like to use it, but I'm never going to pay that much... let's repeat: NEVER!!!