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Review by kingfisher See Profile

  • Location: Webster, Monroe, NY, USA
  • Cost: $60 per month
Has never failed to work acceptably when I needed it
I am usually hard wired to the internet so don't use it much
Good when traveling and as a backup to my cable internet service
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I use the service by tethering my BlackBerry to my laptop. Serves the purpose for which I obtained it. Performance is acceptable in every geographic location where I have tried it.

January 2009 - Replaced my BlackBerry 7130e with a BlackBerry Storm during the latter part of November 2008. The Storm is Ev-DO Rev. A capable and I have seen download speeds above 2Mbps in testing. My satisfaction with the level of service remains high based on my usage.

March 2010 - I have been spending some time at the home of a relative who doesn't have internet access. Verizon Wireless Broadband is reliable at his home in a small town in Central Florida, although considerably slower than near a bigger city. Far more satisfying than having no Internet access at all. My satisfaction with the service overall is good. I am a good candidate to upgrade to LTE when available.

January 2012 - I have moved from BlackBerry to the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. 4G speeds are impressive and the connection remains reliable. Speeds are so good, I am considering dropping my cable internet and using wireless only. At our house, total internet usage has been ~15GB/mo. Although we have two Verizon phones with "unlimited" data, I wonder if there might be repercussions at the 15GB/mo usage level.

November 2014 - Using the Samsung Galaxy Nexus tethered (Clockworkmod Tether) today as an experiment with Windows 10 Enterprise Preview on a Lenovo Thinkpad laptop. Haven't used the service for tethering much recently as I also have mobile hotspot capability. Performance is acceptable as usual. I have made a few Google Hangouts calls during this session which means they were made using voice over LTE data. Quality of these calls was good. Still a good alternative to a wired connection when needed. It's about time for a new XLTE phone where I would expect performance to be even better.

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NYC Girl
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join:2007-02-04
Bronx, NY

NYC Girl

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Yes!!!

I still have my 3G service even though I use wifi when I am at home or at a friends on my iPad. I do tether via iPhone 4 to save 10.00 in case I am somewhere where there is no wifi. My iPhone is always with me so I might at well tether. Wifi at home is the best and most reliable for my pad and phone. I use iPhone grandfathered 3G unlimited data as much as I can as I am paying for this service. No unlimited data for Verizon iPad as they only began selling it in early 2011. Some folks have grandfathered AT&T unlimited plans from iPad 1. Lucky them!!!