Virgin Mobile: Less is more (money for us)

Virgin Mobile has a new category on their connection page:

$10 100MB 10 days 5 hours Web Browsing Or 25 minutes Video Or 10,000 Emails
$50 Unlimited MB 1 Month Unlimited Access. 3G Speeds up to 2.5 GB
$40 Unlimited MB 1 Month UL Web Browsing AND UL Video AND UL Emails

The Virgin page has the new terms, "Virgin Mobile reserves the right, without notice, to temporarily limit throughput speeds when monthly data usage on the $50 Broadband2Go Plan exceeds 2.5GB."


And this little jewel from the data plan page, only visible while doing a mouse over the link 'more':

Customers will continue to have access to Broadband2Go service but maximum speeds may be limited to 356kbps or below for the remainder of the monthly service plan cycle. During this time, customers may experience slower page loads, file downloads and degraded streaming media. Throughput speeds will be restored when a new Broadband2Go Plan is purchased. Data usage per activity is based on an average. Actual usage caries depending on the types of websites, video, email and other internet applications accessed. State and local taxes and fees may apply.

So if you were lucky enough to be on the unlimited Broadband2Go plan, and continue to pay every month before it expires, then you can stay on an unlimited limited to 5GB plan. Forget to pay on time and for only Ten Dollars more, you get half the data. Ain't capitalism great?

And, as always in the wireless broadband world, Unlimited is not really unlimited.

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