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Exeodus
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Default (Q) 4G data plan

This may not be the right place to ask this, but has anyone heard what the terms of the 4G data plan for phones will be? Will it be the same as the current 3G plan?

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I work for RadioShack and have a few connections with both Verizon corporate stores and a few retailers such as Cellular Connection to all of whom I've been discussing this with daily. We all believe that the data plans will remain the same. The reasoning behind our speculation is that since LTE is basically a much faster and much stronger cellular tower network, it will be treated the same as the existing EVDO Rev A data network on pricing and terms. With Sprint, on the other hand, their 4G is just a really poor attempt at creating a broad spectrum of WiFi picocells and passing it off as a cellular data network. This results in massive expenses for their new "service" that isn't even their own to offer as they must rely on Clear to provide the data network and businesses to host the repeaters.
 
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That's cool. When I asked the local Verizon store employee last week, he wasn't sure if was going to be the same.

Thanks for the info.

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