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This month I finally had a chance to really put my Verizon Air Card and Wireless plan to the test.  I uploaded a great deal of video resulting from some of my travels and ended up pushing about 200 megabytes of data in a 5 day period.

Now Verizon is offering more air card plans these days (compared to when I first wrote this article) including prepaid plans, but primarily for Netbook plans.

or compare to Sprint air card Plans (update – these days I still have a Verizon Air Card, but also have a data plan for my Pre with Sprint, very happy with the service from Sprint)  That said, they didn’t invest a lot of budget trying to figure out lots of different package prices for their customers. 

Compare to At&t’s goofy plans (note I am not subjective in my absolute dislike for At&t!)

One is for a measly 50 megabytes of data (or about 10 viral emails with video attached from someone that proves to be a little embarrassing to know).  That costs $39.99.  At that price you are basically paying for the air card you purchased on an installment plan with interest.

The other offers 5 Gigabytes of data at $59.99 per month.  That is the plan that I am on and that could be a good thing.  If I had been on the lower plan I would have paid $39.99 for the first 50  megabytes and then $150 for the next 150 that I have used!

The overage rates on both of these plans is really ridiculous, but when you start pushing video around the internet (upload or download or streamed from youtube) you better know what you are paying for and when you are paying for it.  You Air card and Verizon plan is probably not a good choice for downloading porn.  That’s obvious, but paying for flash pages at the beginning of a website could surprise you as well.

If you see a flash page pop up at the beginning of a website, skip the intro immediately or else you might pay for it.  Its the voice equivalent of calling an 900 number and sitting on hold for an hour!