Verizon EV-DO:Pay-as-you-go

A friend of mine in Charlotte,NC who works with VZ wireless pointed me to their latest announcement.Basically theyr offering daily rates ($15/24 hrs) along the lines of pay-as-you-go to laptops that have EVDO (Evolution-Data Optimized) embedded capabilities. [link]

This concept may not be new, but its certainly interesting.Firstly, a service like this can be a initiated without having to run to the local friendly(?) Verizon wireless store. Secondly the service can be a litmus test for a customer who may then consider switching to a monthly plan( I personally think no one loses here). Thirdly for a person like me who travels infrequently(atleast these days thank you very much), this is more like a prayer answered.The sheer dynamic nature (read as taking it on the road) of the service is in itself appealing , not to mention the secure and better alternative that it is to Wi-fi (which would anyways cost me around the same).Finally Verizon seems to be doing something right. Now if they would only do something about them deadzones in the City....