Hi,
A shared data plan, which are also refered to as share everything plans, are
usually a flat rate access cost for phones, tablets and mobile hotspots. For
example, vzw would charge $40 per smartphone on the account, $30 for a
feature phone or non-smartphone, $20 for one of the hotspot devices, and $10
for each tablet. Then there is a pool of data that all those devices can use
and you would select the amount of data you wanted access to each month. In
the case of vzw, it starts at $50 for 1GB all the way up to $150 for 20GB.
There are different packages between the two extremes at differing price
points.
An example of hw this would work is:
2 smartphones at $40 each
1 feature phone at $30
3 iPads at $10 each
10GB of data at a cost of $100 for all devices to share
Your monthly bill before taxes etc would be $240
I forgot to mention that all phones would have unlimited talk and texting.
All prices are accurate only for verizon wireless. the concept is the same
with at&t, however their pricing structure is slightly different and I can't
comment with any accuracy because I am a verizon customer and haven't looked
in to at&t's plans.
It wasn't my intention, but I may have strayed off topic for the list. My
apologies, but I thought it worth explaining.
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From: "Christopher Chaltain" <chalt...@gmail.com>
To: <viphone@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 7:42 PM
Subject: Re: Face TIme over 3G for those who live in the U.S
I haven't looked into the shared data plans yet myself, but they don't
have anything to do with tethering. It's when you have multiple lines or
phones on the same account and you want to have a data plan shared
across those phones.
On 02/10/12 18:04, Christina C. wrote:
what is a shared data plan? Is that where you pay extra to use
tethering? I currently have AT&T with an iPhone 4 and I'm trying to
decide if I want to switch to verizon. My hubby kind of does not want
to because he has unlimited data but I only have 200 megabytes. :(
Sent from Christina's iMac :)
On Oct 2, 2012, at 4:36 PM, Larry Smith <larry.smith...@gmail.com
<mailto:larry.smith...@gmail.com>> wrote:
I can tell you for certain that facetime does work on verizon cellular
network. I have use it several times since upgrading to ios 6.
On Oct 1, 2012, at 6:49 PM, Scott Howell <scottn3...@gmail.com
<mailto:scottn3...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Thanks Mark, but I would still like for someone on VZW to confirm if
Face TIme is available and also if anyone has found that Skype does
not work over the cellular network because it is blocked. Everything
I have been able to find indicates Skype is not a problem over 3G.
On Oct 1, 2012, at 4:48 PM, M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu
<mailto:mk...@ucla.edu>> wrote:
Bravo, Scott.
I will file a complaint, as well.
Mark
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Sent: Monday, October 01, 2012 12:25 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Face TIme over 3G for those who live in the U.S
Hi all,
Anyone who has AT&T without a shared data plan is likely aware they
cannot
use Face TIme over the 3G network. Although I do not believe I would
use
Face TIme for general conversation, I believe there are cases where
it may
be valuable. Obviously there are services such as Skype which
apparently
AT&T does not block. Now with that said I decided to file a
complaint with
the FCC which is the regulatory agency for all things related to
communications such as wireless etc. in the United States. I decided
to file
the complaint because there is no technical reason for AT&T to block
Face
TIme over the 3G network and especially if they do not block Skype.
My understanding is that Verizon Wireless does not block Face Time
and mor
does Sprint. I believe that AT&T has taken this position for one of
two
reasons and one of which is surely monetary. So, why do I bring this
up?
Because I wanted to let anyone who has considered filing a complaint
that
AT&T will respond. The best part is I have received an initial verbal
response which is exactly what I expected. THe conversation can be
best
summed up as "to bad." There was absolutely no point in having a
conversation with AT&T because despite the fact I pointed out the
obvious
fact they do not block Skype or any other VOIP service or placed any
special
restrictions on such services, they have blocked Face Time. I even
pointed
out how Face TIme could be useful in some circumstances for an
individual
with a visual impairment which incidentally is a true statement. So,
I
anticipate that although AT&T has taken this position for now they
will
continue to face a great deal of pressure from individuals and groups
to
change their position.
The good thing is there are other avenues and options.
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