No more unlimited [int'l] BB data from VZW
Sep 5, 2011, 3:24 pm
#166
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Yep my main use case is for random places like Sub-saharan Africa. Going to Gabon I can chew up a gig in a couple weeks, which is prohibitively expensive under the new plan or any prepaid cards I can find.
Sep 5, 2011, 9:50 pm
#167
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That it would be. Were you the one that was offered a tab and/or a money offer?
Sep 6, 2011, 10:17 am
#168
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Oct 3, 2011, 12:17 pm
#169
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Verizon has updated their global data feature. Asia and Middle East have been restored to the list, and pricing has been adjusted to the following:
50 MB $30/month
150 MB $75/month
300 MB $125/month
http://b2b.vzw.com/international/Glo..._coverage.html
50 MB $30/month
150 MB $75/month
300 MB $125/month
http://b2b.vzw.com/international/Glo..._coverage.html
Oct 3, 2011, 2:02 pm
#170
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Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_3_5 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8L1 Safari/6533.18.5)
Not bad for a BB. Awful for an Android it iPhone though.
Originally Posted by R U?
Verizon has updated their global data feature. Asia and Middle East have been restored to the list, and pricing has been adjusted to the following:
50 MB $30/month
150 MB $75/month
300 MB $125/month
http://b2b.vzw.com/international/Glo..._coverage.html
50 MB $30/month
150 MB $75/month
300 MB $125/month
http://b2b.vzw.com/international/Glo..._coverage.html
Oct 3, 2011, 8:51 pm
#171
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Verizon has updated their global data feature. Asia and Middle East have been restored to the list, and pricing has been adjusted to the following:
50 MB $30/month
150 MB $75/month
300 MB $125/month
http://b2b.vzw.com/international/Glo..._coverage.html
50 MB $30/month
150 MB $75/month
300 MB $125/month
http://b2b.vzw.com/international/Glo..._coverage.html
Edited to add: ATT does offer their global data package for Chile, so if it turns out that Verizon is if fact pay-per-use only for Chile, I guess I'll have to switch. ($200 ETF vs $600 data bill). It's too bad - I much prefer Verizon coverage and customer service to ATT.
Last edited by jg70124; Oct 3, 2011 at 8:59 pm
Oct 10, 2011, 8:55 am
#172
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I'm OK with this update. I'm definitely willing to spend $75-$125 to avoid the hassle of dealing with SIM cards.
However I'm a modest data user in general. Even at full-tilt data use I only chew up about 75-90mb/month.
However I'm a modest data user in general. Even at full-tilt data use I only chew up about 75-90mb/month.
Nov 4, 2011, 8:08 am
#173
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Just a quick report back on my experience - I added international data for a 2 week trip to Italy. Based on my domestic usage, I ordered the 50 mg for $30/month plan.
I called when I got back to take it off (under the assumption that I had used around 25 megs) and the CSR told me that I had used more like 54 mg. At that point, the cheapest thing to do was to leave the 50 mg/$30 plan on for the entire month and pay $4/mg in overage charges for the extra 4 mg ($16 total).
It would have been slightly cheaper to switch to the 150 mg/$75 retroactively for 2 weeks, but the CSR was not able to do that.
I called when I got back to take it off (under the assumption that I had used around 25 megs) and the CSR told me that I had used more like 54 mg. At that point, the cheapest thing to do was to leave the 50 mg/$30 plan on for the entire month and pay $4/mg in overage charges for the extra 4 mg ($16 total).
It would have been slightly cheaper to switch to the 150 mg/$75 retroactively for 2 weeks, but the CSR was not able to do that.
Nov 4, 2011, 8:49 am
#174
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Just a quick report back on my experience - I added international data for a 2 week trip to Italy. Based on my domestic usage, I ordered the 50 mg for $30/month plan.
I called when I got back to take it off (under the assumption that I had used around 25 megs) and the CSR told me that I had used more like 54 mg. At that point, the cheapest thing to do was to leave the 50 mg/$30 plan on for the entire month and pay $4/mg in overage charges for the extra 4 mg ($16 total).
It would have been slightly cheaper to switch to the 150 mg/$75 retroactively for 2 weeks, but the CSR was not able to do that.
I called when I got back to take it off (under the assumption that I had used around 25 megs) and the CSR told me that I had used more like 54 mg. At that point, the cheapest thing to do was to leave the 50 mg/$30 plan on for the entire month and pay $4/mg in overage charges for the extra 4 mg ($16 total).
It would have been slightly cheaper to switch to the 150 mg/$75 retroactively for 2 weeks, but the CSR was not able to do that.
Nov 4, 2011, 2:21 pm
#175
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Nov 4, 2011, 5:33 pm
#176
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Just a quick report back on my experience - I added international data for a 2 week trip to Italy. Based on my domestic usage, I ordered the 50 mg for $30/month plan.
I called when I got back to take it off (under the assumption that I had used around 25 megs) and the CSR told me that I had used more like 54 mg. At that point, the cheapest thing to do was to leave the 50 mg/$30 plan on for the entire month and pay $4/mg in overage charges for the extra 4 mg ($16 total).
It would have been slightly cheaper to switch to the 150 mg/$75 retroactively for 2 weeks, but the CSR was not able to do that.
I called when I got back to take it off (under the assumption that I had used around 25 megs) and the CSR told me that I had used more like 54 mg. At that point, the cheapest thing to do was to leave the 50 mg/$30 plan on for the entire month and pay $4/mg in overage charges for the extra 4 mg ($16 total).
It would have been slightly cheaper to switch to the 150 mg/$75 retroactively for 2 weeks, but the CSR was not able to do that.
Nov 4, 2011, 6:23 pm
#177
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That seems like a lot. I had a 9650 and used about a mb a day. I wonder if it was something with location services that was constantly polling?
Nov 7, 2011, 8:42 am
#178
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I was in Ireland a few weeks back, landed Sunday at 8AM and left Thursday at 12PM. During this time, on a BB9930, I used about 25mb. Mostly some light web surfing, email, BBM, and GPS/maps somewhat heavily.
I made it a point to connect to wifi whenever available (if I would be somewhere for more than an hour, i'd see if they had wifi, and most places do).
I made it a point to connect to wifi whenever available (if I would be somewhere for more than an hour, i'd see if they had wifi, and most places do).
Nov 7, 2011, 9:21 am
#179
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Location: Detroit; Formerly Dubai
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For some users, it might be worth looking at abroadband.com which is 59 euro cents a meg in most countries. You can definitely beat the rates, but if you are trying to do avoid consistent SIM swapping, it has some advantages. I'm not sure whether they are Blackberry friendly or not. As most people know, Blackberries require the data connection to have an APN capable of connecting directly back to the Blackberry server.
Nov 8, 2011, 11:16 am
#180
Join Date: Feb 2011
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I have had similar experiences with my overseas usage. When predicting your usage during travel, its best to allow for double your normal usage.