CELL PHONE INTERNET ACCESS

shoals42 wrote:
I have been reading and there is a lot of info...though I have not seen how to use a blackberry on Verizon's network without having to tether it and pay an additional $60 per month. Actually I don't care if I have to tether it but I just don't want to pay MORE $$$ for internet when the blackberry already has it.

The blackberry already comes with a full unlimited data plan but when I called to find out how to make it work with my laptop, the CS rep. eluded to the fact there are ways to make it work without paying an additional amount monthly.

I really need the internet on the road via laptop, I trade stocks and options daily, so it would really be a HUGE HELP, and let me extend our trips... We are planing on a 2-3month trip this summer.

I have the blackberry 8830 world phone, anyone know what I need to do?

which BB plan do you have the $45 pda/BES plan ? tethering will cost $15 more = $60 total, and you can remove the tether feature when you get home

if you have the NEWer $29.99 BB email & web plan, then the tethering charge is $30, total = $60, again you can remove it when you stop traveling

since you have a BB you must have some kind of data plan, you cannot get a BB on vzw without a data plan,

it is NOT $60 more, and an aircard will require a contract with $60 a month plus the extra taxes & fees that go with extra phone number

you trade stocks, any addition to your cell phone/BB bill is a business expense

there is NO hack for tethering a BB without paying, the BB OS is very very secure

yes 'pay as you go' is a data plan.. and if you are pauo then you must switch to a regular plan with tethering option, $60 total, the BB can not sneak in the 1x backdoor, this has to do with having a BB and the account required and the fact that the BB OS is not hackable by the avg or even above avg user