[SATLUG] [OT] Cell phone rant / open source idea

[Ernest de Leon]

Verizon's plan is 'unlimited' as well with reservations.  They do watch for
bandwidth abuse, and there is a predetermined limit at which they will cut
off your card for excessive consumption.

Ernest

On 7/17/07, Alex Bartonek <bartonekdragracing at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> --- Thomas King <kingttx at tomslinux.homelinux.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Do you know if Verizon's card works with Linux? Is
> > their promised throughput
> > enough to support Skype? Since this will require
> > data coverage wherever you want
> > to use it, will there be enough coverage wherever
> > you want to use it in lieu of
> > your cell phone?
>
> I'm not too sure.. I'd go w/sprint because if I read
> right, they (Verizon & Sprint) both charge $60/mo but
> Sprint's is unlimited access where Verizon's is .25
> minute?  (I could of misread Verizons though).
>
> I'm hoping the coverage is good because when I had
> internet access on my PPC6700 I had access in Poth
> which works for me.
>
> -Alex
>
>
>
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-- 
# Ernest De Leon

"If Microsoft is 'flexible' it explains how their head got where it is."