Gilitar
join:2000-11-20
Mobile, AL | reply to benc
Re: What Good Is It?
It's wireless! You can use it throughout the city instead of being fixed to one location. |
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benc
Premium
join:2007-06-17
Glen Carbon, IL
 ·Charter Pipeline
 ·Future Nine Corpor..
·Callcentric
 ·AT&T Midwest
| said by Gilitar  :It's wireless! You can use it throughout the city instead of being fixed to one location. Of course! I can't believe I didn't think of that very obvious thing.
Personally, if I wanted broadband on a laptop I'd use EVDO Rev. A through Sprint. I know their customer service is bad but at least they don't have caps on their EVDO. I'd also be able to use it in most other cities as well. |
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WuTang36
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grumpy3b
join:2001-12-11
Lompoc, CA
·DSL EXTREME
 ·Millenicom
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if you want all the benefits of Sprint EVDO RevA network w/o the hassle of actually dealing with Sprint, consider what many here have done and look into Millenicom. Small and growing ISP that sells access over Sprint's EVDO network for just $50/mo WITHOUT any contract.
They even toss in a USB EVDO modem, Franklin CDU680 in the deal. They do charge a $50 setup fee and if you cancel you need to save the box and all materials that came with the modem to avoid any added fees. And the bandwidth is truly uncapped, I use it almost exclusively on the road and often at home over my much faster DSL but I average 30gb-50gb/mo usage.
You can find reference to them in either the Sprint Wireless forum here on DSLR/BBR or a forum dedicated to them under ISP/OTHER/MILLENICOM here on DSLR/BBR. Almost every person has had nothing but positives for the service and even the time the Millenicom spends helping address any help needed to get the a usable signal in fringe areas.
BTW, I switched to Millenicom because our Muni Wifi projects bit the big pee-pee and I can never get connected...anywhere. I do have a new Nokia N800 so I might try them again as they promised me a free month if I ever wish to try again. But after over a year I am leery of dipping a toe into it...though it would mean I would not need to carry that extra battery pack to power my Cradlepoint CTR350 (yes, I know about the CTR300 and will likely get one soon too).
Just wish our Mini Wifi, btw, in Lompoc CA, was more complete...simply insufficient nodes to service the area. They have made some changes personnel and management wise so maybe we'll see something improve. The new tech support guy is pretty sharp and does seem to want to get it to work. After 3+ years the system should be done and cover the whole city but I doubt 40% of the city has coverage that can be used on demand.
I will say when it worked the speeds were wicked good. At minimum 1500dn/1200up...to me that pretty much covers all my needs...plus for the $15.99/mo 'family' plan you can connect up to three systems which makes this equal to a 4500/3600 connection as each connection is independent. Problem being there is no connection far more often then there is a connection.
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