Alltel announces $40 laptop data add-on
By Chris Ziegler 
posted Mar 10th 2009 11:21AM
posted Mar 10th 2009 11:21AM
Have a voice line with Alltel? Listen up: you're now lined up to get some of the cheapest laptop EV-DO in the business. The Verizon division (still feels weird to say that, doesn't it?) has announced today that wireless data can be yours for a mere $40 a month -- $20 less than usual -- when added as a second line as part of a Smart Choice Pack with a voice line. That gives you EV-DO Rev. A and your choice of three cards; sadly, none of those cards are ExpressCards, but hey, for $40 3.1Mbps internet, we're more than willing to cut some corners and let a USB dongle hang off the sides of our laptops. For the record, Cricket is still a smidge cheaper at $35, but this is the first time a national (well, pseudo-national) carrier has dipped this low. Makes you wonder whether the parent company is going to partake, doesn't it?
This looks like a good sign of things to come. I wish Cricket would come to NJ. :-(
Crickets are awful and keep you up at night!
To quote Craig... If I could tether my iPhone for this price... "I would be SOOOOO happy."
In other news... Hurray for Netshare! May you RIP.
5GB limit?
If that's true, Rogers offered a 6 GB data plan for 30$ (for a limited iPhone release) witch is better than this. I mean come on, who uses 6 GBs a month?
This is likely something that was in the works before the Verizon takeover. It'll be interesting how long this lasts... particularly after Verizon finishes merging everything together and kills the alltel brand (like T-Mobile did with Suncom... it was about a year until they transitioned everything and were selling Suncom products/services up until the switch date)
If the laptop plan drops by 1/3, then hopefully the PDA plans will drop by 1/3 from $30 to $20. I also hope other carriers will compete by dropping their prices as well.
Of course if Verizon shoves this back into the abyss, I won't be surprised.
this is only for divested markets, so only for alltel blue, not for the alltel red.
and there is still no cap at all on alltel's data, long live true unlimited