Verizon Data plan costs 80% more than AT&T's

Wow, so I am still in the 20th century when it comes to my cell phone...err, wireless device.  I don't have a smartphone yet and, of course, no data plan.  With the introduction of the iPhone 4 on Verizon, I figure that maybe it's time I get with it and buy a phone capable of delivering my work email to me where ever I am.  I'm finally willing to swallow the $29.99 for the Verizon data plan.  Not so, young grasshopper.  To get email from an Exchange server account, Verizon requires the "Corporate" data plan which is a whopping $45 per month!
So much for competition.  AT&T charges $25/month for 2GB of data, no matter how you have your email set up - POP, IMAP, Exchange, etc.  AH HA!...you say.  Verizon's plan is for UNLIMITED email and data, not only 2GB.  True, but here's the thing - by using both Verizon and AT&T data usage calculators, I will use less than 2GB of data based on how I expect to use the phone.
Why should I pay 80 frickin percent more for the same **bleep** thing?  Don't get me started about speed and multi-tasking either.  Oh, and what about dropped calls?  I probably average about 5 per day (in the LA metro area) with Verizon when I am out on appointments.
Screw you Verizon.

TedKord wrote:
Did you even read his post? He needs exchange email, so has to pay $45/month for the Verizon corporate plan. That's $20 more per month, not $5.
That said, he does have the option of going with ATT, even if for only the one phone. If you're due a new phone, you've gotta be within a few months of the contract end. By June, ATT wil probably be announcing the iPhone5. Might be worth the wait.
Thanks Ted.  I thought I stated my gripe pretty clearly.  I have been reasonably satisfied with Verizon, with the exception of their crappy choice of phones, and how they cripple the ones they have.  I just found it incredible that they charge 80% more for data than AT&T if you want email off an exchange server.  It's not like it costs them more to send and retrieve email this way - data is data.  I am most definitely NOT going to get the iPhone 4 now.  I'm going to wait for the iPhone 5 and then decide what I want to do. 

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