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So I’ve noticed something. Ever since I started heavily using my BlackBerry, I’ve been using my voice minutes a ton less. Yet I still pay my base $40 per month or so for 450 minutes, when I’m only using 100, 150. Like many BlackBerry users in the consumer sector (while I use it for biz, I don’t use a BES), I’d like a plan that caters more to my needs — and not pay $100 per month. Verizon is offering a solution with a trio of Nationwide Messaging plans. They have one specifically for BlackBerry, too.
The BlackBerry plan’s base price is $54.99. It includes unlimited SMS, picture and video messaging (which you can’t use with a Verizon BB anyway), email, data and web browsing, and instant messaging. If you do need to use the phone, the cost is 25 cents per minute. That’s not a nutty rate, but it really only works if you make very few calls per month.
Not sure if this is something I’d actually switch to. I guess I’ll have to monitor my voice usage over the next month to see what it would cost me. Anyone else considering a switch?
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4 Comments ↓
since when could you not use pic and video messaging with VZW BB??
I’ve got a $79.95 Voice & Data plan. On top of that $10 more for unlimited texts. I wonder how you got away with getting a bb from vzw without the data plan. I was told that was required with bb’s on their network.
As for the above comment about text & pix messaging, I can’t get pix messages on my phone. But I can log into vzw’s site and view any pix message I receive.
what kind of BB do you have Tim? I’ve always been told from Pearl users that you can send MMS with VZW, that’s why I’m not going with Sprint since they disable it
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