<html><head><base href="data:"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><base href="data:"><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; color: black; text-align: left; ">In an unsurprising turn of events, Verizon decides to cost even more then AT&T does when it comes to smart phones.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; color: black; text-align: left; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; color: black; text-align: left; ">The new Motorola Droid is $199, but the "unlimited" data plan is an extra $30/month. That caps out at 5GB (that's what unlimited means, after all)- it's $50 for each Gig over that. Then there's tethering - which will also be $30/month. (Also capped at 5GB)</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; color: black; text-align: left; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; color: black; text-align: left; ">And neither of those plans allows for connectivity to Microsoft Exchange (somehow, that data is magically different from other data) - that'll be another $15/month</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; color: black; text-align: left; "><br></div><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/181590/verizon_droid_tethering_will_cost_you.html">http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/181590/verizon_droid_tethering_will_cost_you.html</a><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; color: black; text-align: left; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; color: black; text-align: left; ">Now, I'm no fan of AT&T but at least they charge $30/month for actual unlimited data, and don't treat Exchange as somehow magical. And the extra $50 for that 6th Gig of data is amusing - it only cost me $50 to get 5GB of data *while abroad* on AT&T. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; color: black; text-align: left; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; color: black; text-align: left; "><br></div></body></html>