That's pretty good, but not good enough. When I need it, I need it *right now* and usually just for a few minutes. I'd be OK to pay extra for the data used this way, but REALLY, couldn't they just enable tethering for these devices just like I had for my Blackberry? What's the difference?
I know those are rhetorical questions, and I know that we all know the answer. I just feel better having asked them!! :-) Cheers, Don From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of George Kontos Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 6:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Treo] My Tether The mobile hotspot you get with the Pre on VZW is $40/month, which breaks down to $1.33/day. My understanding from talking to Verizon is that you can subscribe to that feature when you need it -- say, when traveling -- then cancel it when you're done. Pay for only what you need. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of ldouglas Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 1:42 AM To: [email protected] <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> Subject: Re: [Treo] My Tether well, Verizon charges $15/day (75MB) for the MiFi mobile hotspot (which is a ripoff) but $30/week (250MB) for prepaid mobile broadband. http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/mobilebroadband/?page=plans better than nothing. On 3/11/10, Craig Froehle <[email protected] <mailto:craig.froehle%40gmail.com> > wrote: > On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 12:54 AM, Don Ferguson <[email protected] <mailto:don%40ferguson.us> > wrote: >> It's completely silly / moronic / self-defeating / pick an adjective for >> Sprint to offer NO tethering, and for Verizon to only offer the expensive >> Cadillac type. With becoming more ubiquitous, many/most people just need >> tethering occasionally, in a pinch. Sprint and Verizon should offer some >> limited, supported tool to enable this, and charge a small monthly fee, or >> a >> per megabyte fee, or hybrid of the two. > > Exactly. With many hotels charging $9.99 to $14.99 per day, carriers > could easily make some tidy change by giving me the option of 24 hours > of use for, say, $2.99. If I use it all month, then they made even > more money than if I had a plan. And if I don't, well, then we're > both better off. > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
