C Spire Wireless said it will start offering its own...
C Spire Wireless said it will start offering its own set of shared data plans Monday. The plans will allow sharing a single data allowance on up to 10 devices, the carrier said Thursday. Prices for data allowances would begin…
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at $50 per month for 1 GB and up to $150 for 20 GB, though larger quantities of monthly shared data can also be purchased, C Spire said. The “top up” passes would start at $10 for an additional 500 MB and cap at $75 for 5 GB, the carrier said. Separate shared data plans for business customers would begin at $50 for 1 GB and cap at $600 for 70 GB, C Spire said. There are also additional monthly line access charges under the new plans -- $20 for USB modems, tablets and other connected devices, $30 for feature phones and $40 for smartphones, the carrier said. All plans would also include unlimited voice, text and picture messaging. C Spire’s announcement comes months after Verizon Wireless and AT&T began offering their own shared data plans (CD Aug 23 p5). Unlike the Verizon Wireless and AT&T plans, C Spire claimed its plans do not include “costly fees” to monitor data usage, which cost subscribers to the Verizon Wireless and AT&T plans $5 per line (http://xrl.us/bn3357).