Verizon Pre-paid 3G Data Plans: $50 for Month but Only 500MB Data. Ouch

Verizon (and every other major U.S. wireless carrier) charge $60 per month for 3G wireless data connectivity with a data limit of 5GB. But, what if you don’t need 3G access for your netbook all year ’round and don’t want to pay $720 per year for the few times you need the service? Verizon now offers pre-paid 3G data offerings for people with occassional 3G access needs…

Reliability Meets Flexibility With Prepaid Plans For Verizon Wireless’ Mobile Broadband Service

This pre-paid service comes at a high price when taking the limited data offered though. One day of service costs $15 and provides a mere 75MB of data. Don’t even think about downloading a bunch of music or a single video file. A week’s worth of access costs $30 and provides a mere 250MB of data (35MB per day!). And, a month of access costs $50 for a stingy 500MB of data (16.6MB per day!).

If you are in the U.S., it might be better to sign up your Starbucks card and get one 2 hour WiFi session per day in a Starbucks as you wander around during a vacation.

Via CNET: Verizon offers prepaid wireless service for laptop users

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