Comments | ericasco: Days off are for... well, normal people

ericasco

Days off are for... well, normal people

Jan 15, 2007 21:07

Today was a holiday. I went to work anyway. Twice. It was good, though, as I was able to repair most of the damage from last week's craziness and plot out a plan for the growth of our network infrastructure. Now I just have to carry it all out before paternity leave hits.

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scoreboard January 16 2007, 04:05:10 UTC

My only hope is to get NewJob to pay for it. Which will be tough, as adding a data plan to a company phone account requires the signoff of one's manager (easy), of wireless procurement (tougher) and of one's department finance analyst (bloody impossible). I would be willing to take the phone with no data plan and just sponge off the ubiquitous free WiFi all over SiliValley, but everything is so tightly integrated that Cingular has no intention of selling the thing without a contract, let alone unlocked ( ... )

traypup January 16 2007, 05:12:38 UTC

I just looked at the iphone stuff, but didn't get a chance to watch the keynote yet. Do we know an approximate cost yet? And do we know what carriers will support it? My "new every two" thingie is up with Verizon in May. I could hold out for the iphone. maybe. couldn't i? sounds like something I really really need.

scoreboard January 16 2007, 05:20:04 UTC

It's Cingular only, $500 for the 4 Gb model and $600 for the 8 GB. We don't know what the service plans will be like. Currently, a Cingular plan with 450 minutes talk time plus 5000 night/weekend minutes, 1000 text messages (sent/received) and unlimited data will set you back around $90 total per month. The speculation is that there will have to be some sort of iPhone-specific plan, much like the Sidekick plans on T-Mobile, but as of yet nobody has announced anything. The integration of hardware and network is so tight (for things like visual voicemail and etc) that you shouldn't expect to see the phone sold separately or available unlocked without great chicanery and diminished service.

My advice is that come May, you should not sign ANYTHING. Free agency is the only way to go at this point in wireless history.