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

[Brian MacLeod]

On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 6:27 PM, Sid Lane <jakes.dad at gmail.com> 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?
>
>

I'm not sure what the confusion is.  I signed up for the Nationwide Select
450 voice plan (equivalent plan to what I had prior to Droid) and added the
$30 data plan (about $90 or so excluding fees and taxes), and I can ssh to
boxes. More importantly is I have it set up on the various wireless networks
(WPA2, WPA2 Enterprise) and when those networks are in range, it shifts data
usage to that so I am not touching the expensive connectivity, though it is
there if I need it.

And now, it looks like they've restructured the plans to make more sense,
since I see a voice/email/web plan for $99 straight up.

Unlimited means unlimited time frames for data transfer of up to 5GB a
month.  VZW loves the 5GB limit.

Basically, if you're looking this way, you have to spend about $80 minimum
to play.  And if you wish to tether, when they offer it, it'll be a few
bucks more.  Reportedly supposed to be set up so that one way or another,
for Droid data usage and tethering data to be $60 add on to voice.

Brian
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