Are you hitting your 5gb cap? Verizon or Sprint

tz1 · Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 5:33 pm Post subject:

Turning web logging on the cradlepoint can be revealing.

I disabled the RSS feed reader extensions in firefox but still had the live bookmarks and periodically they would go out and request data.

I don't have any web gadgets on my taskbar but that is another source - the stock tickers, automatic update programs, etc. can all connect and do something periodically.

Enable access controls and tell it to let everything through but log every connection and you will quickly know if anything is trying to phone home.

nickjacket · Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 5:15 am Post subject:

My Sprint grandfathered 3G is totaling about 10-15GB per month. When my contract is up on 4/2010 I may go with Cricket 3G unlimited.

tz1 · Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:04 am Post subject:

Here in San Diego, Cricket works great, but I get a 10.x.x.x IP address, and on Verizon (and I think Sprint) you get a dynamic but real IP address, so you can do things like run a server easily. (I have cricket + verizon at the moment - long story...)

Sprint also has various discount programs (as does Verizon) - your employer, credit union, AAA, or some other organization you belong to might have a discount program.

nickjacket · Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 3:52 pm Post subject:

I'll pursue that discount idea - thanks.

trife · EVDO Fledgling Joined: 04 Nov 2008 Posts: 17

Sprint better not deny no overage charges cause thats the sales pitch that got me signed up a month before the caps were in place. Verizon and AT&T were both already capped. sprint was the last one left and I got signed with them for that reason.
Sprint called me for an upgrade and while talking to the guy I said well will i get unlimited like I have now? He said oh I'm glad you asked that I didn't know you had an old contract (sure) He told me i used 7+ gigs that month so they're aware of my overages aswell.

Maureen · Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 12:24 pm Post subject:

trife, since you signed up before the overage policy went into place, you should be fine. If you want to double-check, you can look at your Sprint bill or log into your sprint.com account and make sure that the plan you're on doesn't have the words "5GB" in the title.

n0k3p · EVDO Newbie Joined: 13 Jan 2007 Posts: 5

evdoman
are still interested in selling that account, pm me pls , i dont have enough messages for pm. write me your email if you would.

DaveF · EVDO Newbie Joined: 07 Sep 2009 Posts: 3

I went over last month. Cost an extra $80.

As for selling an old contract, we tried to take over responsibility for an unlimited Verizon account. Was told it would be a new account, and have the 5GB cap.

ubikk · EVDO Fledgling Joined: 14 Oct 2009 Posts: 15

rblack · EVDO Newbie Joined: 16 Apr 2009 Posts: 9

Ubikk wrote:

"For the record, I think the 5GB cap is kind of low. I think for the typical 2009 internet surfer it should be about 15 GB or should be on a rollover system to help level out occasional spikes in usage for things such as application patches and downloads. 15 MB should still be sufficient to limit things file sharing and web servers which is what they claim to want to avoid."

You're hired!! Very Happy

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sean174 · EVDO Newbie Joined: 15 Oct 2009 Posts: 3 Location: alabama

strange, my usage quit giving me gb readout and now only gives me kb. well its the 15th of the month and i have used 10374560.11kb. how many gigs is that? ive had my verizon acct for 3 years and have never been charged for over, and i play on ps3 as well. oh well im happy with the service so far and dont plan to get rid of it untill i can get cable or dsl in my neighborhood. best of luck to all of you. Very Happy

vpnavy · EVDO Junkie Joined: 29 Jul 2005 Posts: 169