"Jeffrey Kaplan" <nomail@gordol.org> wrote in message
news:d5usq2950ap00v0gor5oujnevm1j9iugug@gordol.org ...
> It is alleged that Austinman claimed:
>
>> services you use. Your statement also has this information. Until you
>> know
>> how much data you are using I would recommend getting the unlimited Media
>> package at $20 per month. This is a lot cheaper than starting on a plan
>> with
>> limited amounts of data and then having to pay excess charges (which are
>
> Not necessarily. You may very well be right in this particular
> use-case, but this is not always true.
>
> With Media Net plans, the break-even point for no-plan vs having a data
> plan is at about 1.5MB/month. Less than that, you may as well go a la
> carte on your data as the cost is the same. At 1.5MB, you're spending
> $15 for the data, which is the same cost as the Media Works bundle for
> 5MB. Overage is the same rate as a la carte, $0.01/kB.

Agreed, but based on the sophistication of the user I would consider an
unlimited plan good insurance until more information is available on the
actual data usage.