Verizon vs AT&T - Comparing iPad Data Plan Financial Value

In my last post I reported that Verizon and AT&T will soon be selling the iPad in all retail locations. The iPad will be available through these two companies before the month of October is out. I believe the exact date is October 28th.

I made no effort to hide my personal feelings about this notion. I was very transparent about my excitement and anticipation for the new Verizon option. They will now add competition to AT&T's data plan solution for iPad owners and users.


I want to prove my point. I wanted to do a post comparing AT&T and Verizon iPad data plans.


The comparisons I have below are simple. I took the lowest cost lowest value plan for each company and calculated the Dollar per GB ratio for each plan. I did the exact same thing for the highest cost highest value plan of each company. Below are the results. I don't want to say I told you so but I told you so.

AT&T

• Best value = $12.50 per GB
• Worst Value = $60.00 per GB
• Now that is the AT&T I know and love.
• Great job guys way to bend over the struggling American consumer. What a service.

Verizon

• Best Value = $1.25 per GB that is literally 1/10 of the cost of AT&T.
• Worst Value = $20.00 per GB which is a 1/3 of the cost of AT&T.

So you can spend 1000% - 300% more for a AT&T data plan or you can take that money and pay for your iPad data plan with Verizon as well as 3 - 10 plans for your friends depending on your social life.


Decisions, decisions.

BUY Verizon

iPad - Soon Sold by Verizon and AT&T Retail Locations

Apple has announced that they are planning to allow both Verizon and AT&T to sell the iPad out of their retail locations.

The iPad will be available for sale at all Verizon and AT&T locations starting at the end of October before Halloween.


This coolest part about this deal is that Verizon is involved. Verizon will be able to offer some much needed competition to AT&T data plans.

AT&T has not exactly been value orientated when it comes to developing data plan options for the iPad.

Any how, the bottom line is that this finance blogger is excited to here the good news that Verizon is becoming apart of the Apple wireless product data plan options. At least in some shape or form.


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Verizon vs AT&T - Value of Data Plans for iPad