How To Decide On A Cell Phone Data Plan
Submitted by Amber on Monday, March 30, 2009 - 00:00. Data Plans
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If you want to access the internet from virtually everywhere you'll definitely need a data plan from your service provider. There are many good plans out there, you just need to research the best plan to fulfill your needs. With a great data plan you will be able to surf the web, send emails, download multimedia content, and instant message to your hearts desire. |
| Instructions | Difficulty: Moderately Easy |
Things You'll Need:
- time and patience
- service provider info
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Decide which carrier if you don't have a voice plan yet will suit your needs. Depending on your location or most frequented location different networks will offer select coverage. 2
Data service range from UMTS, EV-DO, and EDGE networks. Data speeds range from 236.8 kbit/s to 1.8 Mbit/s.3
Carriers usually require a voice plan before adding on a data plan, unless you're purchasing a data card for you computer.4
Unlimited data plans are offered for a flat monthly fee to be added onto your voice plan. While prepaid sounds like a great idea it can get costly because data is charged for the amount of data transferred and if for some reason you forgot to turn off a particular web page minutes can run out quickly.5
AT&T starts data plans off at $19.99, $29.99 for T-Mobile and Verizon offers a voice/data bundle starting at $79.99
Tips & Warnings
- Always check to see what all is included in your data plan i.e. unlimited sms
- Corporate email might be an additional fee.
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