Review by captpackrat 
Posted: 110 days ago
member for 7.9 years, 46 visits, last login: 70 days ago
 Louisville,Cass,NE
 $72 per month (24 month contract)
 "No bandwidth cap IF you sign up with Alltel"
 "Very limited hardware available through Alltel."
 "Get an Alltel plan while you still can!"
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I just signed up as an Alltel customer; you can still do so in some markets. Alltel's plans cost the same as Verizon, use the same towers, and will eventually be incorporated into Verizon's billing, but you can get UNLIMITED Internet access for the length of the contract (2 years).
You can only pick from the limited selection of Alltel hardware; you can't get the new MiFi or anything else from the Verizon side. If you pick Verizon hardware, you'll be stuck with a Verizon plan and a 5 Gig bandwidth cap. I got the Huawei EC168, which has both cellular and WiFi radios and a MicroSD card slot. Supposedly it has GPS, but I haven't figured out how to enable it yet. It was free after mail-in rebate. Setup is extremely simple, all the software is built into the dongle; just plug it in and it's ready to go.
I get about 1.5 Mbit download speeds, 350 Kbit upload. I live in a rural area, so service may be faster in the city. EV-DO Rev. A has a theoretical maximum of 3.1 Mbit.
This was probably the easiest broadband install I've ever done. I was up and running in less than an hour after signing up (and most of that was the drive home).
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