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Review by son588 See Profile

  • Location: Tottenham, ON, Canada
  • Cost: $60 per month (month by month)
  • Install: about 1 days
Can go up to 4 Mb(It says 3 Mb, but it isn't) Download, and 1 Mb Upload.
Major lag throughout the day.
Good for Rural Area.
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Connection:

The Bell WiMAX is one of the best wireless internet, (Other than LTE) in the Simcoe Region. My family had this internet for over 3 years now, and it can go up to 400kb/s (4Mb) in download speed. You can download a 700 Mb movie in 30 minutes with this internet. But about 2 years ago, the WiMAX started to have MAJOR lag throughout the day. For a while, it would be 65-200 Ms, then it would go up to 500, 1000, 2000, or even 3000 Ms for about 20 minutes, or even for 2-5 hours. This is a serious problem that Bell has, and they haven't fix it. We even tried calling support, and they can't do anything at all. When the internet is fast, you can easily go gaming on this.

Installation:

The Bell WiMAX is one of the most simplest thing to install. Even an 8 year old can do this. You just need the WiMAX it self, then find a place in your house (Find a corner of a room that is pointing to your closest Bell WiMAX sending tower.), plug it in. Get an Ethernet wire, plug it into the WiMax, and into your computer, or router. And you have internet my good sir. (I hope.)

Pricing:

Unless you want to spend 75 dollars for 1.25 Mb connection from Zing (If you live near them.) This is the best choice. It's cheap, fast when there is no lag issues, and there is non Contract terms.

Why it's is #1 on my list of wireless internet:

Because it is unlimited. Well, I'm guessing because the Bell website says: "Internet usage: 30 GB of bandwidth per month", but my family go way over that sometimes, and we never had extra charges, but I'm not 100% sure.

Thanks,
Son588.

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updated 10.8 years ago