danclan
join:2005-11-01
Midlothian, VA | Well with all that speed
they better cap the amount of data a user can download as they might go and actually use that speed. |
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Dogfather
Premium
join:2007-12-26
Laguna Hills, CA
 ·Cox HSI
 ·Verizon FIOS
 ·Cox VOIP
·ViaTalk
·RoadRunner Cable
 ·MegaPath
·Verizon west (ex G..
·Time Warner VOIP
| Looking forward to it, AT&T 3G has been great
After not having coverage for a while, we got 3G in west Orange County, CA. I'm seeing routine 1.2-1.3Mbps service from my 875U and read that these improvements were coming.
Thankfully my use is infrequent because of the draconian caps AT&T levies on their users. |
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rantou
join:2002-06-04
Richardson, TX | reply to danclan
Re: Well with all that speed
It's already limited to 5GB/month. |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | How about actually getting some 3g coverage here
There isn't any 3G from at&t within 70 miles of me. |
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Cod
join:2000-07-05
Greensboro, NC
| said by BF69  :There isn't any 3G from at&t within 70 miles of me. Did you really expect 3G coverage in a town with a population of roughly 3000 people? |
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kash
join:2005-08-13
Houston, TX | cool
wow this is awesome 
great to know they are actually doing something with my money to improve services |
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ib50MbSoon
Formerly TwoKDialup
Premium
join:2002-06-07
Coloma, MI
| reply to Cod
Re: How about actually getting some 3g coverage here
said by Cod :Did you really expect 3G coverage in a town with a population of roughly 3000 people? Yah, but I had to go with Sprint. Sprint 3G has been available here in our little rural backwater town for years. Works great too!
Maybe some day T will get in the game?
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megatron266
Premium
join:2007-08-11
Miami, FL | reply to rantou
Re: Well with all that speed
It's a soft cap of 5GB. All they do is send you letters when you reach it. I never been charged with overage and I reach the limit every once in a while. |
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karlmarx
join:2006-09-18
iraq
·Fairpoint Communic..
| reply to kash
Re: cool
Hmm.. you call limiting your time online (assuming 1.5mb/sec) to an averge 5 hours A MONTH an improvement? Sure, on the 1st of every month, you can use it from 9:00 AM until 1:00 PM, but then you've gone over the cap. No problem, just wait 31 days, and you can repeat, twelve (12) times a year! That's almost 2 DAYS of internet usage, EVERY YEAR! What a bargain indeed! All for the low price of just $600.00/year! Only $300.00 a DAY! Where do I sign up?
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rantou
join:2002-06-04
Richardson, TX | reply to megatron266
Re: Well with all that speed
Well that's an improvement. |
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
Premium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD
·Comcast
| reply to Cod
Re: How about actually getting some 3g coverage here
said by Cod :Did you really expect 3G coverage in a town with a population of roughly 3000 people? At least in my part of the country AT&T has been expanding 3G service. I can now get it 12 miles south of my house instead of 20 miles south
It doesn't really bother me that I don't have 3G service at home as I use my conventional Internet there. I figure over time AT&T will eventually roll out 3G to most, if not all, of its service area, just like they did with EDGE.
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ptrowski
Got Helix?
Premium
join:2005-03-14
Putnam, CT
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·VOIPo
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·ViaTalk
| reply to karlmarx
Re: cool
said by karlmarx :Hmm.. you call limiting your time online (assuming 1.5mb/sec) to an averge 5 hours A MONTH an improvement? Sure, on the 1st of every month, you can use it from 9:00 AM until 1:00 PM, but then you've gone over the cap. No problem, just wait 31 days, and you can repeat, twelve (12) times a year! That's almost 2 DAYS of internet usage, EVERY YEAR! What a bargain indeed! All for the low price of just $600.00/year! Only $300.00 a DAY! Where do I sign up? YOU don't. Others do. Pretty simple. |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
·Comcast
·Qwest.net
·magicjack.com
 ·BeeCreek Communica..
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
| Hey, if you don't like paying $59.99 a month for your 5 GB soft cap, then don't. Pay $19.99 a month for it with GoPhone, and pay for your modem outright. A friend is currently borrowing my 881U with its service. EDGE only around here but hey for $20 a month it's not so bad. Neither is a 5GB cap on a mobile service if I can just po in another SIM and go with it.
I mean, with one T1 going to each tower (usually the case, hence the real world speeds) you can't expect AT&T to not cap the service and still have reasonable speeds, at least with a soft cap...T1's are expensive around here unfortunately. Plus AT&T's mobile broadband isn't meant as a landline substitute and everyone else is doing it.
So you can stop ranting about caps now.
What I wanna know is whether, in the same area, AT&T's new 3G can beat out my Sprint EvDO which by the way IS available in my town of ~10,000, along with VZW EvDO. THough AT&T 3G should be coming sooner or later.
I have a feeling that latency will still put EvDO ahead for a lot of stuff, though the fact that nobody uses AT&T Mobile Broadband may help them give me more of the tower T1 feed to use .
We'll see...I'm taking a mission trip to a 3G enabled area believe it or not and will do a lot of testing of the connection there. Betcha it doesn't reach 1.2/1.2 most of the time. |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
·RoadRunner Cable
·DSL EXTREME
| Better yet... if you have service, just make sure that you have a 3G phone, and add on a 'laptop connect' package on top of it. That way you aren't forced to keep it for 2 years, or purchase a card only. Recommend V3xx RAZR (uses mini USB) and has HSDPA 3.6Mbps. I've tethered with my Samsung ZX-20 for a month while my DSL was out to lunch (AT&T gutting the area for Uverse)
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chd176
join:2003-01-10
Winfield, AL
·CenturyLink
| reply to BF69
Re: How about actually getting some 3g coverage here
Yeah how about actually expanding 3G service I mean if everyone is going to jump on and say do you really expect coverage in xyz then why aren't all of these tiny towns still on GPRS or for that matter TDMA. AT&T needs to get on the ball and actually expand 3G as far as I know there are only three cities in Alabama covered by 3G and it only covers about 20 to 30 miles, not exactly productive there.
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO | reply to en102
Re: cool
Meh, I don't use AT&T for voice, like my Sprint line better for that.
Hence, AT&T data.
Also the 881U, while expensive, allows for 7.2 Mbit HSDPA and HSUPA, something we're waiting on with phones. |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
·RoadRunner Cable
·DSL EXTREME
| I've been spoiled by older AT&T plans (North America package), discounts on home bundle (POTS line w/DSL/wireless) as well as corp discounts through work on wireless (actually I would have similar with Sprint).
I've just never had a 'warm/fuzzy' over Sprint, especially with the recent issues they've had, and many 'fanboys' talking trash). I've had Verizon Wireless, and will never use them again (billing, CS, service issues). While I have no loyalty to any carrier, I currently have a decent deal (corp) on AT&T, and their service appears to work for me.
The 7.2Mbps won't help until the network is cranked up to 7.2Mbps.. which I don't expect to be for a while.
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
·Comcast
·Qwest.net
·magicjack.com
·BeeCreek Communica..
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
| Good for you . Glad to hear AT&T is working for you.
Personally I have Sprint SERO and I would be on prepaid service if it wasn't for that plan. I asked for 5 pm nights and weekends and got them. I have "unlimited" data on my phone, which I can use WiFi to tether. I'm a happy camper here though I know that Sprint is losing customers due to poor customer service, which I have come across a time or two. On the other hand, I've also come across great S. Luck of the draw, you might say.
As to my reasoning on the USBConnect, I like stuff that's future proof. I could have probablygotten another lesser card for $30-$50 less but I know this one'll last me a few years...the network has to catch up with me and that will take some time. If I want to talk on the service I have an iPhone (though it usually has my T-Mobile SIM in it) and another AT&T-compatible GSM phone or two. Oh, and my Sprint line.
But anyway glad to hear you like your plan with AT&T. I like mine too: $20 for internet that hsn't reached its full potential yet, and won't until AT&T runs either 5 T1's or a fractional DS3 to the tower I'm getting my signal from. Mmm, 5 T1's |
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bignate
join:2005-12-05
Austin, TX | just announced?
i noticed this a couple months ago here in austin, i was wondering what the deal was. right around two months ago i started noticing download speeds of between 1.5 and 1.7 and have achieved them consistently ever since. |
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hsdpauser
@pewtrusts.org
| HSDPA
One thing I wasn't clear on. If you have an HSDPA device (say the Tilt, Blackjack II, the other aircards, etc) that are limited to 384K up by spec, will they see any increase in download? HSDPA is 3.6M down / 384K and we typically see 1M down /350K up. It would be nice if we would get a download increase since it should be supportable. |
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