Verizon likely to add overage charge to BBA plan

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AlexSian

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There's a good chance that Verizon broadbandaccess plans starting sometime in early March will have an overage charge attached to them for every MB beyond 5 GB in a billing month.

If you have been thinking about getting verizon service, it might be best to do it quickly.
 
EVDOalex said:
There's a good chance that Verizon broadbandaccess plans starting sometime in early March will have an overage charge attached to them for every MB beyond 5 GB in a billing month.
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Does that mean that current subscribers will be grandfathered in and not have to pay the surcharge? Do you have an idea what the packet size I see when I look at my activity means, i.e. size in bytes or bits? Knowing what a packet is would help me determine whether approximately 160 MB per day is something I might often exceed. Is the 5 GB cutoff for downloads or for a combination of downloads and uploads?

Thanks. Richard
 
The 5 GB is total data transfer, up and down.  Let me assure you, Richard, that for someone like you  the 5 GB figure is probably 5-10x your typical usage. Maybe even more.  You have to download entire DVD movies regularly to come even close to that figure. 

For example, a typical email (no attachments) is 2-10 KB. With a typical digital picture attached it might be 100-500 KB. Surfing the web might be anywhere from 100kb to 400KB per page view. Sounds like a lot, but a gigabyte is over a 1,000,000 KB, so 5 GB is still a huge amount of email and page views.

I'm not sure where you are seeing a packet count. Verizon presents the usage data in bytes, not packets every pace I can think of.
 
RV Roamer said:
The 5 GB is total data transfer, up and down. 

I'm not sure where you are seeing a packet count. Verizon presents the usage data in bytes, not packets every pace I can think of.
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Gary, thanks for the information. I am not presently using Verizon's Broadband service but am considering it. The packets I see are from the usage information that I see for the WiFi service here at Voyager RV Resort. I thought that 5 GB would be more than I normally use since I have never downloaded a DVD. My usage consists of e-mail, RVForum and Internet surfing.

I have attached a screen shot of my WiFi usage.

Richard
 

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A TCP/IP packet is typically about 1500 bytes, but can be changed for different types of network connections.  Unless you've run a program to optimize your connection properties, you can assume the 1500 bytes as the packet size.  I don't know why the WiFi connection status shows activity in packets as my Ethernet connection shows actual bytes.
 
RLSharp said:
Does that mean that current subscribers will be grandfathered in and not have to pay the surcharge?
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thats the theory behind my early warning.
if you get a contract NOW, instead of after the overage charges are in affect, you may avoid the overage charges.
 
Alex:

Any idea if that includes the unlimited broadband for PDA's? I usually turn the option on and off as we travel.
 
Jeff Cousins said:
Alex: Any idea if that includes the unlimited broadband for PDA's? I usually turn the option on and off as we travel.
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in the past, the terms of service for PDA data plans and dedicated device plans were always the same. i suspect that will continue.
 
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