MoJeeper
The Stig in 2012
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join:2000-10-20
Springfield, MO
 ·AT&T Wireless Broa..
·Alltel Axess
·Cingular Wireless
| Ya think
I would gladly drop Alltel but there is no viable alternative other than WB. Come on ATT where is the Uverse ?
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trebzon
join:2001-09-03
Grandville, MI
 ·AT&T Yahoo
|  The Future
With the way things are trending Land Line based broadband will shortly be billed at the same insane way as wireless. I see no hope for improvement on the wireless front. The "free" market place has failed us. The problem is of course is that it is neither "free" nor a "market place".
I am coming to the conclusion that true competition in the age of the mega corporation is a delusion.
Sorry for my morning cynacism. |
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hroo772
Darkness Fears Me
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join:2002-04-05
Mclean, VA
clubs:
1 edit | iPhone users
I don't think there is one person in that 48% who owns an iphone. I have one and would never give up the 3g, its too useful. |
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Mr Matt
join:2008-01-29
Eustis, FL |  Mobil broadband contracts are allot like leprosy!
 Mobil Broadband contracts are allot like leprosy! Hard to get rid of. I am sure if it was not for those pesky contracts customers would be canceling in droves! |
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gigahurtz
Premium
join:2001-10-20
Palm Coast, FL
clubs: | reply to hroo772
Re: iPhone users
I agree. Unfortunately, I do not have 3G where I live. |
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dcdeadbeat
join:2008-10-07
Washington, DC
·Covad Communications
| I dropped mine
As soon as the company said that it would stop reimbursing for 3G cards, I dropped mine as quickly as I could dial AT&T. The service worked great here in DC. But $70 (after taxes) a month is more than my electric bill.
By comparison my 23Mbps down, 4Mbps Comcast connection at home is $25/month (including taxes).
3G wireless cards are too expensive for normal users to pay without company reimbursement. |
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tiger72
SexaT duorP
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join:2001-03-28
Saint Louis, MO
clubs: | reply to hroo772
Re: iPhone users
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
right. |
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NeoandGeo
join:2003-05-10
Harrison, TN | .
I'm still waiting on fair prices before I even consider a mobile broadband package. |
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brianiscool
join:2000-08-16
Miami, FL | well
If you can not afford to go anywhere then there is no point having 3G. You're better off using your internet connection at your house. |
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PhoenixDown
-- Wants FIOS
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join:2003-06-08
Fresh Meadows, NY
clubs: | reply to hroo772
Re: iPhone users
Its addicting thats for sure. Even with my original iphone and the slower internet speeds, having net access for the all of the applications came in handy.
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chronoss2009
join:2008-09-23
1 edit | "tight economy"
"worst recession since WW2"
( um does anyone know how well the 30's before WW2 went ? )
Not much further to go eh?
You Americans better start obeying the Chinese masters, or they cut off the debt cash. |
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albie
join:2002-03-17
Decatur, IL
| reply to brianiscool
Re: well
well
If you can not afford to go anywhere then there is no point having 3G. You're better off using your internet connection at your house.
Because I gave up my cell phones long ago, I can afford to leave the house quite often, and when I do, I can afford to enjoy myself when I am out of the house.
What is freedom, in a free country? In a free country there is as many answers to that question as their are individuals.
Freedom to me is leaving my house, and driving and walking around unplugged and unencumbered by technological intrusion.
And if you really want to get crazy, never wear watch either. |
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brianiscool
join:2000-08-16
Miami, FL | Well, this is why we need nationalized bandwidth. Then people can afford 3G on their cell phones. |
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manfmmd
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join:2003-01-14
Earth
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1 edit | said by brianiscool  :Well, this is why we need nationalized bandwidth. Then people can afford 3G on their cell phones. I'm content paying for my own internet access...I don't want to pay for everyone else's too.
The Federal Government needs to start following the 10th Amendment.
edit to add:
In a higher phase of communist society, after the enslaving subordination of the individual to the division of labor, and therewith also the antithesis between mental and physical labor, has vanished; after labor has become not only a means of life but life's prime want; after the productive forces have also increased with the all-around development of the individual, and all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly—only then can the narrow horizon of bourgeois right be crossed in its entirety and society inscribe on its banners: From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs! - Karl Marx
and no thanks.
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chlen
Ethically Challenged
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join:2001-01-16
Albany, NY
| love to but can't
For many people 3G has really helped out with work and it is worth the extra money to keep things moving along.
I work in IT as a developer/engineer and as any other office job you are expected to be connected all the time. VPN at home BB or whatever on the phone...etc...
With 3G I have more personal freedom, especially with the Palm Pre having a full browser. I have all my email synced and have access to secure sites I need in case of emergency. I have VPN and aircard in my laptop in the car and this allows me to stay out of the office, get errands done, and live a better life. 3G (Sprint for me) has given me the flexibility to be able to go play tennis during the day with the added bonus of getting my corporate email and connection with laptop and doing the work.
We have less meeting because everyone is connected and less time in the office means more time at home with kids for many.
I would love to just have voice cell, but it is simply not possible in the my type of profession. My cousin is in real estate and it saves him many trips and unnecessary office visits and client meet ups. In fact since I set his IT his business has flourished because it is so easy for him to control listings and clients from the golf course or from home.
Everything is on the Sprint network.
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jmn1207
Premium
join:2000-07-19
Reston, VA
 ·Verizon FIOS
| reply to chronoss2009
Re: "tight economy"
said by chronoss2009 :You Americans better start obeying the Chinese masters, or they cut off the debt cash. No kidding. If we lose the ability to fund our military, who will be left to protect Canada when China swoops in to take their precious resources? |
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badtrip
East Bay
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join:2004-03-20
Albany, CA
·Unwired Ltd
 ·Comcast
1 edit | reply to hroo772
Re: iPhone users
said by hroo772 :I don't think there is one person in that 48% who owns an iphone. I have one and would never give up the 3g, its too useful. I love my G1 and it's internet accessibility but it would be the first thing I dropped if I needed to save a couple bucks per month. |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | I would
Drop 3G if I already had home broadband (I actually have home, and dropped 3G)
If I had 3G w/o caps, strick ToS, I'd drop broadband.
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MrMaster
What If
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join:2000-12-16
Austin, TX
clubs:
·RoadRunner Cable
| i think the article is talking about aircards
$60 a month is too steep for me. Would I get a lot of use out of it? yes, but at that price I still can't convince myself it is worth it.
There should be a HUGE discount for those of us that have a full data plan already.
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macflauaus
join:2005-10-08
Nashville, IL
| I'd love to but...
Like a few on here already posted, I can't because it's my only broadband connection. While being screwed over by AT&T four times saying we can get DSL, we just stick with EVDO cards. 5GB/month sucks horribly but we get by with it. I'd give up 2/3 of my 2.2Mbps for an unlimited connection. |
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