betterthendialup
@myvzw.com
| Cap doesn't bother me, it's the lacking speed
I tried Verizon a couple of years ago when they first brought out Broadband. They convinced me that National Access was faster then dial up. Well, that was wrong. So I waited two years and tried again when they were offering broad band in my area (rural/woods/foothills). I tried it and they said "typical speeds" would be 600kbps-1.2mbps. Well I am on and the speed and reliability are acceptable. But when it went down twice and I called they techies started putting me thought these shenanigans about removing software and reinstalling, etc. much like dial up would do in the nineties. That was a negative to me. Then the cap... Well I really do not do enough to worry about the 5gb cap. I could be higher just for comfort but I use about half the allocation. But the speed is disappointing. I rarely get above 600bps with 130bps on the up side. I have gotten higher but that was three months ago when I first got it. The only thing that makes it tolerable is that it is portable at least somewhat. I was able to get on to the National Access at the beach in a remote location of the California coast and look up bird species. With the beach only feet away. I pay $60 per month but while using 2.5gb of bandwidth. I feel that $40 would be a fairer price. I know they may have to recover costs on the modem, but I will be looking for something else in Two years unless they show up with more for less. |
