5 numbers on individual plans of 900 minutes or more, 10 numbers on family plans of 1400 minutes or more.
Is 5 GB enough
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Yeah, I know that they are. They are just useless to me. I can barely see my 15.6 inch screen, let alone those "DINK" screens. I have NEVER needed "INSTANT" internet for any reason and have only ever used my camera on my phone twice ever since phones have had them. I am not even allowed to have a camera phone at many of my deliveries or pick ups. They don't kill ducks OR deer. I have not need. Therefore, they are a waste of money for me. Every ones needs and wants are different.
5 numbers on individual plans of 900 minutes or more, 10 numbers on family plans of 1400 minutes or more.
Guess we have the 1400 minute plane. This junk is Mrs. Layoutshooters end of the business, I check the oil.
JimF51
Seasoned Expediter
Had Verizon smart phone and the 5 gig wireless. Phone service was the pits, and never used the data plan required with the smart phone. Most months, the 5 gig was plenty, but did come close a couple times. And they don't let you know, automatically, when you go over.
Now back to a Straight Talk dumb phone, and unlimited wireless through our cable company. $95 per month, total. My phone service is much better. Granted, there have been a couple of times I didn't have a signal for the wireless, but not very often.
If I'm in a area with poor or no signal, and there is a Pilot/J or TA/Petro, I get their wifi service, using my rewards points.
Now back to a Straight Talk dumb phone, and unlimited wireless through our cable company. $95 per month, total. My phone service is much better. Granted, there have been a couple of times I didn't have a signal for the wireless, but not very often.
If I'm in a area with poor or no signal, and there is a Pilot/J or TA/Petro, I get their wifi service, using my rewards points.
greg334
Veteran Expediter
Not all cell plans include tethering.
Monty
Expert Expediter
I purchased my first "cell phone" while at Roberts in the 80's ..... there was no service in Dayton, so I had to get it through Cincinnati Bell, cost me $2400.00 for a bag phone.
Since those days I have used every provider out there. Verizon is my current plan. I have found them to be the best provider for those sojurns into the wilds ..... almost any provider can make it work in metro areas.
Since the wife wanted one of thos Galaxy tablets for her birthday, we now have the family plan, 1400 minutes. That includes 2g for her toy.
My business phone was rolled into her account. We share the phone minutes. For my internet, I have the miFi2200 .. on the 3G system with 10G of data .. and I usually get close to using it all.
I would NOT advise anyone that travels to upgrae to 4G ... while in a 4G area, it is awesome, but the software did not keep up with hardware, it drops service without notice!
I retired my 4G card and returned to the 3G alone.
Since those days I have used every provider out there. Verizon is my current plan. I have found them to be the best provider for those sojurns into the wilds ..... almost any provider can make it work in metro areas.
Since the wife wanted one of thos Galaxy tablets for her birthday, we now have the family plan, 1400 minutes. That includes 2g for her toy.
My business phone was rolled into her account. We share the phone minutes. For my internet, I have the miFi2200 .. on the 3G system with 10G of data .. and I usually get close to using it all.
I would NOT advise anyone that travels to upgrae to 4G ... while in a 4G area, it is awesome, but the software did not keep up with hardware, it drops service without notice!
I retired my 4G card and returned to the 3G alone.
This 4g is a pain...I am in a flip flop area right now...keeps disconnecting me as it switches back and forth...and I just did a firmware recommended upgrade that was supposed to make it better...DOH.....Well Verizon...It did not work...
Yes. 4G is still limited, but it's expanding every day. In another year year it'll be widespread. 4G can be a pain in a fringe area, as OVM notes, but it's easy enough to force it to CDMA-only and not have it look for LTE at all, which prevents the flip-flopping. I've done that a handful of times when I weak or fringe areas.
I get a text message from Verizon when I hit 50% of my plan allotment. I also get one when I then hit 75%, 90%, and 100%. There's also an app for that, with a widget that tells me on-screen what my usage is.
Straight Talk phones run off different networks depending on the phone you get. If you have one with a GSM-A sim card, then it's running off AT&T's network. If it's a GSM-T, then it's T-Mobile. If the phone has a "C" after the model number, it's running off Verizon's or Sprint's CDMA network.
Several reasons. One, when I first got an aircard, tethering wasn't a possibility with the phone I had.
Two, being with Verizon (CDMA network), I wanted to be able to talk on the phone and be on the Internet with the laptop at the same time.
Third, tethering a smarphone to a laptop is expressly forbidden by Verizon's Terms of Service unless you have a separate tethering data plan, which is the same as an aircard broadband data plan.
People who use less-than 5 GB per month total, including tethering with something like PDAnet, can proably fly under the tethering radar, but I use 5 GB or more each per month from the aircard and the "illegal" tethering. If I dumped the aircard and suddenly started using 10 GB a month on the phone, I'd be a very large blip on the radar.
I upgraded my aircard to a 4G card about a year ago, so I have another year on that contract, regardless.
So here is what I bought.
A HTC Evo Shift 4G phone with unlimited talk and web.
And a Overdrive Hotspot 4G/3G WiFi thingy. With unlimited usage.
My bill went up $30, but I found out I can get a FedEx discount and will save 23%. So I will be paying about the same each month.
Total out of pocket cost for the two devices was $116.
A HTC Evo Shift 4G phone with unlimited talk and web.
And a Overdrive Hotspot 4G/3G WiFi thingy. With unlimited usage.
My bill went up $30, but I found out I can get a FedEx discount and will save 23%. So I will be paying about the same each month.
Total out of pocket cost for the two devices was $116.
Have fun jj. They can be addictive.
AMonger
Veteran Expediter
5GB is enough for almost anybody. You have to be streaming a lot of video to go over that. I use my devices pretty much all day when I'm sitting, aand I usually peak between 3 & 4. Some months, I might get close to 5. Make sure you have a Wi-fi capable device so you can use free wifi wherever possible.
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