First, many thanks to our Technomadia friends for this post. Needing reliable Internet for our business on the road requires good, reliable bandwidth. I have a couple Mobley's, an older Unlimitedville Sprint plan and a "just in case" Verizon tied to our phone plan and the Verizon is some kind of expensive. This pay as you go plan could not come at a better time. We're heading west this winter and knowing the Sprint service was going to be a bust, I needed a reasonably priced alternative to the Mobley....."just in case".
I'm betting, starting from scratch with a new MiFi is the way to go. I purchased the plan online and Verizon stated I required a new SIM with the pre-pay plan. Without going into the mess, I spent a number of hours on the phone trying to straighten out old service to new. Then 2 trips to the local Verizon store. Here's the tip. If converting from a phone/data plan, take the Internal Plan Number provided by Technomadia to the Verizon store. The Verizon rep was happy to help and had me on the way in 15 minutes. Oh, the second trip? The online folks, one of the 6 I was transferred to, lost my initial $70 to start the pre-pay. The Verizon rep fixed that too in about 10 minutes.
For the area I'm in, I'm getting 6 to 8 meg down and 5 up. Good enough for uploading big files and a little entertainment on the side. Thanks again Chris and Cherie.