Thursday, December 2, 2010

Verizon confirms contract-free 4G LTE at same rates

Verizon Wireless apparently will offer no-contract 4G dongle service at the same rates as the on-contract pricing, which will come as a welcome surprise for some users. The no-contract price is the same as for a contract-based service: $50 for 5 GBytes or $80 for 10 GBytes, plus a $10 per GB overage.

The only difference is that the no-contract price for the modem is $249.99, as opposed to $99.99 on a two-year contract (after a $50 mail-in rebate).

The reason for contracts in the first place always has been to offset the subsidies on equipment that mobile service providers have been paying for as marketing cost.

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