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1.: Yahoo! Groups will be unavailable for 4 hours From: Brent

2a.: Re: Hotspot From: Woody
2b.: Re: Hotspot From: Richard Bauer

3.: Apple Announcement From: whiterabbit32@gmail.com

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1.: Yahoo! Groups will be unavailable for 4 hours

Posted by: "Brent" flapdoodle@gmail.com flapdoodle44

Fri Sep 30, 2011 8:08 am (PDT)

FYI

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starting 8:30 p.m. PST to Tuesday,October 4th 00:30 PST, due to planned
maintenance. If there is any change to this schedule, we will update the
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2a.: Re: Hotspot

Posted by: "Woody" waterk9@gmail.com rainiedaze139

Fri Sep 30, 2011 3:01 pm (PDT)

Again Richard, thanks.
When I ordered the Verizon iPhone online this Summer got the Hotspot
feature. Being new to a Smartphone didn't realize that was a feature we
could turn on and off without messing up the unlimited Data plan. Rarely
use the hotspot but wanted it as it was cheaper than a MiFi and knew we
wouldn't use much Hotspot data.

After your first msg, called Verizon Customer Service and verified the
on/off feature of the Hotspot and it wouldn't mess up my unlimited data.
Turned off the Hotspot and of course a few days later high winds knocked
out the house power and DSL. Almost called back to turn the hotspot back
on, but since I expected the outage to be short, just got email and
internet using the phone's keyboard and 3G data. Didn't really need to
use the hotspot for the iPad or laptop.

The extra $20 comes in handy.

On 9/29/2011 7:07 AM, Richard wrote:
> last month i posted about my experience using the pro-rated verizon mobile
> hot spot feature ($20/2gb per month). back in september i wrote :
>
> <<< i acitvated the hotspot (verizon) just before we left town on august
> 12th, a bit more than half-way thru our billing cycle (our cycle started on
> the 7/23) and i turned the feature off on august 28, just after the start of
> the next billing cycle. my current bill shows a charge of $7.10 for 11-days
> of service (8/12-8/22) during that bill cycle plus another $20 charge for
> the next month (8/23-9/22, payment in advance). when i get my bill for the
> 8/23-9/22 cycle i should see a refund of approximately $16.12 representing
> 6-days usage (8/23-8/28) at the same pro-rated charge for the previous cycle
> ($0.645 per day). that's assuming i didn't consume, on a pro-rated scale,
> more than 17-days worth of data. if i did then there will be a charge for
> the overage.>>>
>
> just got my september bill and it does reflect a $16.77 credit for the
> unused portion of the mobile hotspot during the billing cycle and no data
> overage charges. so my cost for the 17-days that the hotspot was activated
> came to $10.33 or about $0.607 per day. but looking more closely i see the
> bill shows the $16.77 refund represents 26-days of the 30-day billing cycle
> (8/23-9/22). that means the hotspot was active for 4-days in that cycle.
> the august bill shows that the hotspot was active for 11-days in that cycle
> for a total of 15-days, not the 17 i calculated. not sure how to account
> for the difference unless VZW doesn't count the turn on and turn off days.
> using a 15-day activation period my daily charge was $0.688 per day which is
> a lot closer to the $0.666 that i get by dividing $20 by 30-days. in any
> case it's close enough...a difference without a distinction.
>
> i'm a happy guy!

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2b.: Re: Hotspot

Posted by: "Richard Bauer" rk911@yahoo.com rk911

Fri Sep 30, 2011 5:15 pm (PDT)

ur most welcome, woody. it's nice when something works the way it's 'sposed
to, isn't it?

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Again Richard, thanks.
When I ordered the Verizon iPhone online this Summer got the Hotspot
feature. Being new to a Smartphone didn't realize that was a feature we
could turn on and off without messing up the unlimited Data plan. Rarely
use the hotspot but wanted it as it was cheaper than a MiFi and knew we
wouldn't use much Hotspot data.

After your first msg, called Verizon Customer Service and verified the
on/off feature of the Hotspot and it wouldn't mess up my unlimited data.
Turned off the Hotspot and of course a few days later high winds knocked
out the house power and DSL. Almost called back to turn the hotspot back
on, but since I expected the outage to be short, just got email and
internet using the phone's keyboard and 3G data. Didn't really need to
use the hotspot for the iPad or laptop.

The extra $20 comes in handy.

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3.: Apple Announcement

Posted by: "whiterabbit32@gmail.com" whiterabbit32@gmail.com lwr32

Fri Sep 30, 2011 9:22 pm (PDT)

I hear the Apple announcement is Oct 4, only a few days away. There's rumors of a new iPhone. I don't hear any rumors of a new iPod Touch or any iPod. I wonder when or if they'll be upgraded. Christmas is coming. What is Apple putting out in time for Christmas? Any guesses?

Alice

Sent from my iPhone 4

"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both"...Ben Franklin

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