[vtbngyn]

Our company will be setting up a BES/Exchange next year. I have some newbie questions. When I signed up a trial version—it asked what carrier I want to use (something like that)….

1. Does the BES need a carrier (AT&T, Verizon, etc…)?? And for what?

2. In our company, we have users with blackberry handheld from AT&T, Verizon, Sprints, etc... Can someone with a blackberry phone from different carrier able to use our same blackberry enterprise server?

3. Are users required purchasing a blackberry service plan from the carrier in order to work??

[jsconyers]

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Originally Posted by vtbngyn

1. Does the BES need a carrier (AT&T, Verizon, etc…)?? And for what?

The BES is carrier agnostic. It requires a carrier for data provisioning.

2. In our company, we have users with blackberry handheld from AT&T, Verizon, Sprints, etc... Can someone with a blackberry phone from different carrier able to use our same blackberry enterprise server?

Yes, the BES does not care which carrier the device is associated with.

3. Are users required purchasing a blackberry service plan from the carrier in order to work??

Yes, you will need a BB Enterprise Plan to activate the device on the BES.

[MidnightDraven]

3. yes they need to specifically get the BES plan to attach to a BES.
This runs much more expensive than the standard BIS plan.

[Dubdub]

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[juwaack68]

Originally Posted by Midnightdraven

3. yes they need to specifically get the BES plan to attach to a BES.
This runs much more expensive than the standard BIS plan.

I'm not sure I'd say 'much' more expensive. The BES plan is typically around $10 more then the BIS plan.

[hdawg]

Originally Posted by Midnightdraven

3. yes they need to specifically get the BES plan to attach to a BES.
This runs much more expensive than the standard BIS plan.

Really? Every carrier I've interacted with charges $10/mo more.

[jsconyers]

Originally Posted by hdawg

Really? Every carrier I've interacted with charges $10/mo more.

I agree with the exception of Sprint. If you have Sprint and the Simply Everything Plan, they charge $20 for BES provisioning.

[hdawg]

Originally Posted by jsconyers

I agree with the exception of Sprint. If you have Sprint and the Simply Everything Plan, they charge $20 for BES provisioning.

what about a simple apples to apples comparison:

Sprint xxx minutes + BIS
Sprint xxx minutes + BES

$10 more?

or do they only do the SIMPLY EVERYTHING MEGA SMS AND NAV PACKAGE