Question about Blackberry plans
Hi
I plan on getting the BB Storm when it comes out. I have never had a blackberry before and i am currently on a family voice plan.
I notice that there are two choices to add a blackberry data plan to my current plan. One is called "blackberry email and web" for 29.99 a month and the other is "blackberry solution" for 45.99 a month.
I plan to use my new phone for email as well as a lot of web and also i want to tether it to my laptop.
Which plan should i get?
What is the difference between them?
Are there data limits?
(I couldnt find these answers on the VZW site haha)
Thanks
I plan on getting the BB Storm when it comes out. I have never had a blackberry before and i am currently on a family voice plan.
I notice that there are two choices to add a blackberry data plan to my current plan. One is called "blackberry email and web" for 29.99 a month and the other is "blackberry solution" for 45.99 a month.
I plan to use my new phone for email as well as a lot of web and also i want to tether it to my laptop.
Which plan should i get?
What is the difference between them?
Are there data limits?
(I couldnt find these answers on the VZW site haha)
Thanks
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Both are unlimited data.
The $29.99 plan would be for someone who uses Gmail, Yahoo, etc.
The $44.99 plan would be for someone who's employer uses a server to control e-mails, calendaring, and contact management.
Essentially, the $30 one is for personal e-mail, while the $45 one is for corporate e-mail.
Either way, the Internet access on the phone is the same. Tethering would increase whichever option you get to $59.99. In other words, if you pay $29.99/mo for Internet on the phone's screen, you'll pay $30 to tether it. If you pay $44.99/mo for Internet on the phone's screen, you'll pay $15 to get Internet on your computer's screen.
That's about the easiest explanation I can give. Sometimes, there's some gray area between ...
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The $29.99 plan would be for someone who uses Gmail, Yahoo, etc.
The $44.99 plan would be for someone who's employer uses a server to control e-mails, calendaring, and contact management.
Essentially, the $30 one is for personal e-mail, while the $45 one is for corporate e-mail.
Either way, the Internet access on the phone is the same. Tethering would increase whichever option you get to $59.99. In other words, if you pay $29.99/mo for Internet on the phone's screen, you'll pay $30 to tether it. If you pay $44.99/mo for Internet on the phone's screen, you'll pay $15 to get Internet on your computer's screen.
That's about the easiest explanation I can give. Sometimes, there's some gray area between ...
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-thanks for you quick response! 🙂
Its my work email, through a university, its only email - no calendaring or push
I think ill be going with the 29.99, 30 extra dollars is too expensive for tethering, I can live without having internet on my laptop everywhere.
I hope the Storms browser is as good as the :ugh: iphone
Its my work email, through a university, its only email - no calendaring or push
I think ill be going with the 29.99, 30 extra dollars is too expensive for tethering, I can live without having internet on my laptop everywhere.
I hope the Storms browser is as good as the :ugh: iphone
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If your e-mail is server based you would normally have the following situations:
1) You have to be at work on a work computer to check your e-mail.
2) You have to use a webmail site to check your e-mail on a non-university computer - this is a web page where you sign in to get to your e-mail.
3) You have an IT department.
Having worked in higher education myself, I would venture a guess that you'll need to pay $44.99/mo to get your e-mail. I haven't run into any universities that don't run secure systems, and they're usually on Outlook or Groupwise these days. I doubt a university would be on an insecure pop3 system, though there's always a first for everything.
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1) You have to be at work on a work computer to check your e-mail.
2) You have to use a webmail site to check your e-mail on a non-university computer - this is a web page where you sign in to get to your e-mail.
3) You have an IT department.
Having worked in higher education myself, I would venture a guess that you'll need to pay $44.99/mo to get your e-mail. I haven't run into any universities that don't run secure systems, and they're usually on Outlook or Groupwise these days. I doubt a university would be on an insecure pop3 system, though there's always a first for everything.
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Yeah its a secure server based email system.
I thought access would have been the same as a yahoo or google
I thought access would have been the same as a yahoo or google
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They way I've told friends, family, coworkers, and customers is this: if you can use any e-mail program, be it Outlook, Eudora, Thunderbird, or otherwise, from any computer at any time by simply using the e-mail address and password, you probably need the $30 option.
If you have e-mail that can only be accessed on certain authorized computers, or can ONLY go to a company web site to check your e-mail, or have more than one password or additional credentials to log in (more than ID and password), you'll likely use the $45.
Also, barring your employment in the IT department at work, if you personally set up your e-mail address and password, you probably use Gmail or Yahoo. If someone in IT at your company gave you your e-mail address an...
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If you have e-mail that can only be accessed on certain authorized computers, or can ONLY go to a company web site to check your e-mail, or have more than one password or additional credentials to log in (more than ID and password), you'll likely use the $45.
Also, barring your employment in the IT department at work, if you personally set up your e-mail address and password, you probably use Gmail or Yahoo. If someone in IT at your company gave you your e-mail address an...
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