[ale] [OT] droid, ssh & vz data plans...

[scott]

I went with a G1 on T-Mobile. The plans are straight forward.  They  
tell you exactly what is covered and isnt.  There is no surprise bills.

I was once on vz.  phone service was good.  customer service (from  
anyone) was horrendous...



On Nov 11, 2009, at 6:27 PM, Sid Lane wrote:

> all,
>
> I really want to get a droid but figuring out vz's plans is like  
> negotiating a new car in the middle of a root canal...  to be fair,  
> I've been a vz cust for 5-6 yrs (forget exactly) and once you have a  
> phone & are activated their network's great but the intentional (I  
> believe) obfuscation is extremely annoying (to put it kindly) when  
> you're shopping for new phone/plan.
>
> anyway, I digress - I obviously need ssh from the phone & I've heard  
> people throwing around $30 for data but when I try to order it  
> describes that price point as "personal email & web" vs the $45  
> "unlimited data".  does anyone know if the $30 data level is truly  
> http/smtp/imap only?  are there any alers who have successfully  
> ssh'd from a droid on the $30 data plan?
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