Prepaid Data Plan?

I have been using an old iPhone 3g using a prepaid att sim card for almost 2 years now. I recenltly discovered a forum that allowed the iphone to use the prepaid data services. http://http://gigaom.com/apple/how-to-give-your-old-iphone-new-life-with-prepaid -data-and-minutes/ I tested this before upgrading my rate plan and it worked flawlessly. After upgrading my minute to minute plan to the $50 a month unlimited talk, text and data package safari can't connect to the server all of a sudden. Before It was working and charging large amounts of data usage charges to my account. Any suggestions? I already bought the package so I am up a creek without a paddle on this one as of right now.

There is no possible way to make an iPhone pre-paid.
The only suggestion I have is to get a checking account and a debit card and have the money taken from your account ($59.99 a month) taken out.

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Tablets for daily prepaid data plan?

Which tablets can be used on the daily prepaid ($5 for 300MB) data plan?

cjohnson58,
I apologize for the confusion. The forums are open for any inquiries about our services and the community to help our posters. However, if you need detailed information or additional assistance, the Prepaid department can assist since we only have access to postpay accounts. All Prepaid plans and devices are available here http://vz.to/1jQl98P and Prepaid can be contacted at 888-294-6804.
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Unable to connect to Verizon prepaid data plan. Verizon states everything is Todd on their end. Please help

.how to connect to Verizon wireless data plan from ipad 2?

UUnfortunately I have tried all of the obvious fixes with no luck. Thanks anyways

I am trying to download the new episode of Game of Thrones on my iPad. We are currently travelling in Italy and have an unlimited pre- paid data plan with the Italian carrier Wind. When I try download the episode through iTunes I get an error message

Hi there, traveling through Italy with my iPad. Purchased a unlimited prepaid data plan with Italian carrier WIND. Has been working excellent, but when I try to download a new episode of Game of Thrones, I get an error message which says that I have to connect to a wi fi network or download the episode on my MacBook. Why can't I download using the microsim and prepaid data plan? Any help will be great thank you!

Unfortunately downloads larger than 20mbps require wifi due to most carriers having data limits. This "requirement" keeps people who are not familiar with data and what takes up a lot of data from going over.

How tonfigure new ipad to use att data plan

how do I configure an ipad bought outside the US to use an ATT prepaid data plan, I already got the ATT SIM Card but I dont seemed to make it work.

Contact AT&T.

Samsung N150 - can mine be unlocked for used with Chuang Hwa Telecomm's prepaid data service

The netbook is marketed as global ready, and has a SIM slot.
I have owned this for about a year.
Next month, I plan to travel to Taiwan. Chuang Hwa telecomm has a prepaid 3G data plan 500NT$ for 7 days that seems to be a very good deal.
Question is if the netbook (or the Gobi chip) needs a unlock code to use with a foreign SIM.
Does any one know?
Better yet, has anyone used Chunghwa's prepaid data plan?

Hello alin43:
Yes, that 3G prepaid data plan does sound like a good deal! When using another carrier's 3G SIM, you must first unlock your global device. If your device and line of service qualifies for the Unlock, this would be handled by Verizon Wireless Global Support Team. They can be reached M - F 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM Eastern Time at 800-711-8300.
Let us know if this answers your question, and well wishes on your trip next month!

Cancelling iPad data plan

Hi folks,
I've seen all sorts of odd things about how to go about cancelling a data plan for my iPad. I called customer service and got yet a different set of answers. So...
If I want to finish out the current month and cancel at that point what do I do?
Apparently there is a "suspend" option and a "cancel" option. I've seen people claim here that cancelling an account means you'll need to get a new SIM card. True?
I've also seen it posted here that suspending an account may result in them restarting your service without you asking them to do so. True?
The lady I spoke with at customer service said that suspending the account was a more permanent action and should only be done if the device was lost or broken. True?
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4572 indicates that I need to cancel the account, which seems overkill as I'd like to reactive it later. Will I be able to do so just as easily as when I first activated it?
Anything else I should know about turning off the data service?
Thanks,
Mark

Hey there Mark1267,
I am saddened to hear that you are thinking about cancelling the data plan on your account. We appreciate your continued support and would like to continue our relationship. What has you thinking of cancelling?
To answer your questions I would first need to find out if you are on a prepaid or postpaid account? Which iPad are you currently using?
When you disconnect service, the disconnect date is set to the end of the bill cycle by default.
If you are on a postpaid account there is a suspend option. If you would like to suspend service and billing you would want to suspend the device with billing. Since you plan on reactivating it later this may be your best option. This will suspend service and billing for 90 days. The service will reconnect on the 91st day but you have the option to resuspend for another 90 days for a total of 180 days in a calender year. This allows you to suspend and reconnect as needed. This will extend our your customer agreement for the amount of days you leave the line suspended but if your iPad isn't under contract it will not effect that. For more steps on suspending please visit http://vz.to/10j0Iv2.
I know this is a lot of information Mark, so please let me know if you have additional questions.
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Why won't verizon sell me an international data plan for my new iPad?

Why won't verizon sell me an international data plan for my new iPad?

Thanks for your response Meg. Verizon is definitely not customer friendly. I do have the monthly prepaid domestic data service that I subscribed to from my iPad when I bought it a few months ago. They didn't advise me of any other available plans at the time. You are correct that they are now saying that in order to get an international plan I need to cancel my current monthly plan through one Verizon department (and abandon any remaining data mb) and then subscribe to a contract plan (handled by a different verizon department). But here's the catch: in order to get international service I need to be a contract customer for six months (which doesn't help me as I am going to Europe next week). Of course, if I had bought an ATT iPad I wouldn't be shut out like this since their monthly international plans are readily available through the iPad at any time. I feel that Apple and Verizon should not have touted the new Verizon iPad as comparable to ATT's internationally (which they did) without fully disclosing the hoops one has to jump through.

The global data plan is a scam.

Bottom line of the story: Your Verizon phone will not work at all either in Europe or in South America.
I called three months ago to ask Verizon if I was going to be able to make phone calls in China. Without asking me, I was added against my consent to the global data plan. When I found out about it reading my next bill, I thought it might be a good thing. After all, I was about to go to Germany and Argentina and it would be nice to have data there. So, I thought of keeping it. However, the plan doesn't work. In fact, the phone doesn't even make regular phone calls in any country except USA, Canada, Mexico, China, India, Israel and a few more. It won't work anywhere in Europe or in South America. The problem is that Verizon phones are CDMA, which is a technology which was fully replaced by GSM in most countries. So, your regular Verizon phone will not work almost anywhere. You could get a special GSM phone for your trips. But besides being a nuisance, it was something I wasn't aware since I didn't even request the service.
How did my story finish? I asked for a refund for the $100 I payed for the three months I was in the plan (somehow I was charged double the first month). I was given $25 back only. I payed $75 and I didn't get a single byte of downloaded data in exchange. I'm switching to either AT&T or T-Mobile next month.

commonsense101 wrote:
Best advice I can give any traveler is buy a cheap prepaid phone when you get to your destination
It will save you so much money and so many headaches
That's not bad advice, but if you travel a lot, it makes sense to get a global-capable phone and use local SIMs. That way you get cheap rates but can still use all your nice data features, such as Google Navigation. Until the latest crop of ICS LTE phones, you would need to ask Verizon for an unlock code to use a local SIM. Currently, at least, these phones work without an unlock.
You do have to be careful though, prevent your phone connecting until you replace the SIM with a local one, to avoid data charges simply caused by the phone syncing with email, Play store/Apple Store etc.

Cant finish data plan for Ipad2 from singapore is 50GB ?

In singapore the Teleco operators is giving out 50 GB data plans as a package .
we will needs a application to use it as in data plan for sms to use up our plan .
any other application on Ipads that used data plan for communication .

Stacyanne, sorry to hear of that bad experience at the VZW store. I got my daughter an iPad2 for Christmas as well and she recently signed up for the $20 PRE-PAID (1GB) Data Plan. I just went on the VZW website and saw that Plan was still available - as follows (from website page http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/plans/?page=mobileBroadband):
Prepaid Mobile Broadband Plans
Pay as you go. That way you only pay for the data you really need.
Tablets
Monthly Access
1GB Monthly Data Allowance
$20
2GB Monthly Data Allowance
$30
5GB Monthly Data Allowance
$50
10GB Monthly Data Allowance
$80
No Reconnection fees, and no overage charges. Tablet plans not availabe on all tablet models.
This is the same Plan I have and I haven't seen anything that states this is no longer available. You can sign up for this right on your iPad2. You can also turn it on and off - in other words, if you don't see yourself needing it for a month or so you can cancel the Plan and then re-enroll when you see a time coming up when you will need it.
Hope this helps.

IPad 2 wifi only able to buy data plan?

I caught the tail end of a Geek Time radio discussion, I thought they said I could buy an app that would allow me 3G or 4G data plan? If so, how, and how much data would it take to watch an hour of Netflix or simply browse the web? I can't simply buy a new iPad, but would love more mobility.
Help?

A WIFI only iPad will not be able to use cell providers 3G or 4G service. You can buy a WiFI with radio (att or verizon) model and not use their service. Perhaps what you are referencing is some sort of app to connect to other providers with radio enabled ipad. You can also connect prepaid if needed otherwise keep off. I don't know har far you would get attempting to connect to other cell providers. 3G would be more probable than 4G despite most switching to LTE. Each LTE provider has different frequencies.
I have a verizon LTE MIFI device and used with my laptop and ipad2. I actually swaped out the MIFI today with ipad 3 as the device. Verizon lets you use the ipad as a hotspot.
The speed of built in LTE radio will blows away the MIFI. Verizon claims this is a WIFI limitation but I don't completely believe that since the speeds are within WIFI bandwidth range. In Orlando, over this last week, I have gotten speeds 30mb/s download, 16 mb/s upload. I never saw this with the MIFI. I hear mixed reviews on LTE thus far but overall I'm quite pleased with my verizon LTE service.
That said, LTE can be fast which makes you more prone to watch movies on it or do other bandwidth consuming things .. and consume your data plan. I have the 10 GB plan. I watch a fair amount of netflix or the many broadcasters (NBC,ABC, CW, etc) that have now have apps but use WIFI when I can. I usually am around 5 GB a month. I actually would most likely consume less but since I am paying for it .. might as well use. Paying prepaid has same price plans and keeps from commitment.
I would suggest you download netflix movie on your computer .. find an app that can calculate your bandwdith for the movie. That would give you an idea. Or .. email their support and ask them.

LG EnV3 vx9200 on prepaid daily plan?

CAN THE ENV3 BE PUT ON PREPAID DAILY PLAN AGAIN?!
When the LG env3's first cam out, a few of my friends jumped and upgraded to them on their prepaid daily plans cuz env2's suck feature-wise compared to env1 but env2 was modern looking both with it's display and it's physical looks. Env3 was everything good about the EnV1 mixed with the good about the EnV2. By the time i got the money to get one, i couldn't get it on the prepaid daily plan with texting only. I was required to be put on a 64.99 a month prepaid plan instead of the 20 i was paying. so i had to sale my Env3 i just got for 120 bucks. Ended up trading it to a friend for his broke PS3 i fixed and traded for an xbox360. Now I am hearing rumors that the EnV3 is available on prepaid daily plan again! IS THIS TRUE? I'm happy with my cosmos touch right now, just wondering in case my cosmos touch completely craps out.

Minniehaha,
You can use touch screen phones on the daily prepaid plan (99 cents). I am using my sister's LG Env Touch on my prepaid plan, and my dad has the extravert. I just switch over to it yesterday. So Touch Screens WILL work with Daily Prepaid plans. Usually as long as the phone is retired, and it is a basic phone, it will typically work on the daily plan.
So you could use the Env 1, 2, 3, or touch on daily prepaid or monthly prepaid or what not.
I know this because I'm using the Env Touch right now on my daily prepaid plan :-)!!!!!
Minniehaha wrote:
Any phone that has a touch screen will not work with a Daily Prepaid plan. Most of the Reps don't understand that the prepaid daily is different than the Monthly Prepaid or the contract phones. I use the daily because I'm a texter and I buy the $30.00 card for 90 days of service so I'm paying $10.00 per month, you can't beat that. Everyone I know is on Verizon so it works out good for me. If you ever have a question you can put it on the prepaid section of the community site or
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 17:48:51 -0700
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Subject: Re: LG EnV3 vx9200 on prepaid daily plan? - Re: LG EnV3 vx9200 on prepaid daily plan?
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Hey ,
I use the daily prepaid plan because all I do is texts mostly. I was told that I could use my sister's Env Touch on my prepaid daily plan by a verizon representative if I wanted too. I would assume that you could use the Env 3 too. I wouldn't definitely call and ask them!! :-)!! That would be great if you could use it on the daily prepaid plans!!
Verizon needs to make more fancy phones come out for prepaid.....instead of having to have us rely on our sister's upgrades to get her old phones that are better than the new prepaid feature phones hahahaha jk
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HT5012 I am having difficulty XMIT/REC text messages to family members using Android phones? I have a 3GB data plan and all switches and buttons are set properly. Any suggestions?

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Who has the Unlimited Data Plan and has Been Speed Capped when You went over 5Gig?

Just checking to see how many others have been speed capped to 200Kb on the unlimited data plan when they went over 5Gig in a billing cycle? (you can get a one time reprieve if you call them at 1-888-483-7200)
Did they ask you to change your plan to 10Gig and Update your Equipment and sign a new two year agreement?
Did you know that Sprint is offering unlimited Data on their 4G network and that Verizon is trying to lock down customers that are not on 2 year contracts? (Gives them time to catch up with the competition) Marcus in Fraud and Investigation told me (when I told him that Sprint was offering Unlimited Data) "...That is a better option..."
I am now looking into other options along with allot of the rest of you.

I was instructed to call that Fraud Department number and was treated like I had broken some kind of law instead of going over the 5 Gig fine print limit on my unlimited grandfathered in account. They would not even consider giving me a one time do over for being a MiFi newbie. I am hearing class action suit rumblings out there!!

Data plans in the new wireless world

I see an impending collapse of many peoples internet service approaching soon and very little discussion on the topic, so I decided to write this to help inform Verizon of some of its customers needs.
       What originally attracted me to Verizon was its effort to push beyond the big markets and reach all of America. Create a country where everyone is "connected". Join Verizon and we will take care of you no matter where you live. These are the ideas Verizon has pushed onto people over the years and I commend them on doing a very good job at reaching these goals. The issue is, they have acquired such a large customer base it is now creating problems. An excellent marketing tactic of wireless service providers was always to offer up unlimited data plans to attract people to their service and this used to create very little risk for the service provider because wireless data was slower the telegraph!! Cellular providers used to sell phones, now they sell computers. Have they adjusted to this new market accordingly?
       When you had a 3G phone or even back when it was 2G or 1XX paying extra for unlimited data was pointless. As Verizon's CFO recently pointed out "Unlimited is just a word" "people don't use near the data they think they do" this is exactly why they could profit from unlimited data in the past, because this was true. Have you ever tried to stream a hi-def movie on 3G service? you were lucky if it wasn't pausing to buffer every 10 secs, what did you do every time this happened, you stopped trying to watch it!! Therefore you didn't use the data required to stream that content. Now just when wireless technology is finally becoming fast enough to be useful or enjoyable, it is being shut down.
       The new 4G LTE services have finally made it possible to reach 8-10 MB download speeds on regular basis. You can stream a full 1080 hi-def Blu-ray quality movie with 7.1 surround sound if your internet connection speed is over 5 MB. This sounds great doesn't it, finally I can watch SyFy, Hulu or Vudu with my aircard. This is the problem Verizon is facing, because that one 90 minute movie from Vudu at 1080 hi-def just sucked up 5 GB!! No that was not a typo, full hi-def streaming video will push 4-5 GB in a couple hours. Verizon had to curtail this "excessive" data usage by reverting to tiered plans or "shared data" so with the new data plans that was a $50 movie, at that price you would once again stop watching it and not use the data required to stream that content.
       Verizon broadband could not handle this volume of data being used when people started getting 4G internet service, so they had no choice but to end unlimited plans or be faced with the reality that they could not support there millions of customers data usage. For most people this will not create a big issue because they probably still live somewhere that they have access to other internet services such as DSL, Cable, or the best at Fiber Optic. DSL and cable will usually have a plan that creates fast enough internet speeds for streaming video but you will have to pay for a premium service.
       This however does create a step backwards, in what seemed like a step forward for the rural community. 3G unlimited aircard was a great option for rural community's, finally offering them an affordable internet service that often could still play Netflix, as well as all the normal uses such as e-mail and browsing, although it would not stream a 1080 hi-def movie it could at times stream a standard-def movie. Now with unlimited going out the window all those people that thought it was going to be so great to upgrade to a 4G aircard and finally watch movies, quickly realized that wasn't going to happen and worse Verizon is showing signs of completely eliminating all unlimited data as they course through their contracts looking for legal ways to stop honoring them, and for those that they can not stop honoring they have started to "throttle" usage when it exceeds a certain amount usually around 2 GB a month. This is perfectly legal to do, almost all ISP's will do this this when you exceed a certain amount of data, the difference is when your ISP offers 8 MB connection speeds and throttles you down to 5 MB speeds because you use a lot of data, you never really notice it unless you download media instead of streaming it and your downloads seem to take longer then normal but it doesn't effect you enough to complain. When your internet speeds are 1-2 MB as they are with 3G service, throttling brings you down to 300-600 KBPS!! They will throttle your speed down so much that you can't do much of anything except e-mail and browsing, Netflix will not work anymore, so thinking you can stay with a 3G device and just keep what you have isn't an option. They are forcing everyone into new plans.
       In the past it was very hard to use 10 GB of data on a wireless carriers broadband because speeds were to slow to allow use of all the online media. Now it is very easy to use 60 GB a month if you like movies and online TV. (That is 60 GB without downloading any media just streaming it) Perhaps if we are lucky Verizon will once again return to the table and look for ways to help their rural customers without taking are internet away from us. If I could pay for DSL from my local phone company I would, but I do not even have a phone line tied to my house, and if I decided to get one it still would not have internet access. But due to Verizon's efforts in expanding there 4G service across the country as quickly as possible I do have excellent 4G wireless service available in my home. Just as I thought it was time to get a Verizon aircard and start watching movies again, they told me you will never be able to afford it.
      If Verizon can create a rural community data plan for users that have no other means to access the internet and and it doesn't cost $600 a month then I will happily buy it, and also understand that it cannot cost $30 a month either, but if people could get, Phone, Internet (with say 50 GB limit), TV (by tv I don't mean Verizon TV that I agree should be an addition to the bill, i mean the free hulu, syfy and payed netflix accounts that are accessible with any internet connection fast enough to stream), Movie Store in their living room (Vudu) all in one package I think that $200 a month is a reasonable price.
     Now all I can do is wait and see who calls first. If Verizon creates a new data plan that allows media streaming at a reasonable price ill buy it. If my Local phone company offers me high speed internet and phone first, ill buy that instead and throw my current $140 month Verizon bill in the trash when I end the contract. I will not have 2 phones, I only have a Verizon phone because I have no Land line in my home. So I guess the race is on to see who can maintain the rural community's business.

What about Via Sat Exede satellite? 12 Mbps down and 3 Mbps up
25GB $130
Free data midnight to 5 am
Hook up VoIP phone and you got close to what you are asking, depending if you are a night owl or not.

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