Suggestion: Offer Pre-Paid Data usage that doesn't expire!

I'm paying the extra $150 for the 3G version because sometimes I want to use it when I'm out and about. But 90% of the time I'll be in a wifi area. So I don't want to pay a monthly fee for that.

I'd rather buy 250mb of data so I can budget it sparingly across a number of months.

iMac, MacBook Air, PC, iPhone3G, Mac OS X (10.5.5)

Posted on May 1, 2010 10:26 PM

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May 2, 2010 10:23 PM in response to josemari

When you think of it, no one offers a plan Like Apollo_13 describes. Your cable TV provider doesn't care if your TV was off all month. You'll still pay the 95 bucks. Your phone company doesn't care if your phone was off all month either. You must still pay the full contract cost. No Internet service provider charges by data usage. The rates are fixed and only vary by the speed of the connection you buy. Doesn't matter if you don't go online all month. I think it helps keep the cost down, actually. If we paid by amounts used, then the costs wouldn't be spread out as much and it would end up actually costing more on a per megabyte basis. You might save some money on a low usage month, but use it a lot and you'd be paying a lot more than the fixed rates currently applicable.

May 3, 2010 7:03 AM in response to Apollo_I3

Please note that the prepaid phone cards do not work for cellular service. Cell service is a very different situation. So your analogy doesn't directly apply. Your analogy of the the iTunes Store prepaid cards is even less applicable.

Anyway, if you want to suggest prepaid data plans, you need to make that suggestion to AT&T. It's not an Apple issue but rather is solely within the purview of the cell carrier.

Regards.

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