family wireless plan microcomputer applications by austin rhodes, david brittain, ray sullivan
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Three different carriers: AT&T, Verizon, Sprint We need a carrier with: good service,
approximately 2000 minutes per month, unlimited messaging and a 2GB data usage plan
Carrier
2000 shared anytime minutes costs $99.98 per month with $.35 overcharge per minute.
Additional lines cost $9.99 each Family Share plan unlimited messaging
$30.00 per month. Family plan Data Package costs $30.00 with
$10.00 overcharge per GB of data
Verizon
2100 shard anytime minutes - $109.99/month with rollover.
Overcharge - $.35/ minute Unlimited messaging additional
$20.00/month $20.00 for 3GB of data per month
AT&T
Sprint
1500 shared minutes – $129.99/month. Overcharge of $.40/minute. 1-2 lines included
$19.99/ additional line Includes unlimited data, messaging(on sprint
network)
We chose the Verizon 2000 minute family plan
Most used provider Offers free member to member messaging,
minutes etc. The service coverage was best of the three. Cheapest 2 year plan available for a 3
person family with limited needs from the phone.
Verizon
Coverage
Verizon AT&T
Sprint
Verizon Phones: Casio G’zOne Commando Galaxy nexus Droid RAZR Illusion
We are concerned with the processing speed, storage available, amount of memory and the aesthetic features of the phone itself.
Phones
Operating System: Android 2.3 Gingerbread UI plus touchwiz
2GB on board memory and 2GB installed Micro SD card
32GB of disc space 1 GHZ processor 3G network $79.99 with 2-year plan
Samsung Illusion
Operating System: Android 2.3 Memory 8 GB microSD card
Up to 32 GB available 3G network 800 MHz processor $179.99 with2-year plan
Casio G’zOne Commando
Disc Space 32GB internal storage Ram 1GB Operating System: Android 4.0 Icecream
Sandwich Platform 4G network 1.2 GHz processor $299.99 with 2-year plan
Samsung Galaxy Nexus
Operating System: Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread, Motorolla Apps Platform.
Dual Core 1.2 GHz Processor 1GB of RAM 32GB of Disc Space 4G LTE network $199.99 with 2-year plan
Droid RAZR (16GB)
We chose the Commando because: It had all important properties that other
phones had to meet our needs such as speed, size of hard drive, amount of memory and its durability and it was relatively inexpensive.
Casio G’zone Commando