 BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to iansltx
Re: Not Broadband said by iansltx:If I remember correctly WB and HN nominally stay above 56k during FAP periods. That said, if you can get 3G you shouldn't be using WB, unless you can't get Sprint or T-Mobile 3G and use more than 5GB per month but less than WB's caps. 5 GB is nothing and Verizon charges $51.20 per GB overage an at&t charges $503 per GB. Mos tpeole that live in teh bbonies wher satelite is the only option don't live in areas covered by Sprint or T-Mobile or at&t for that mattter when it comes ot 3G.
At least on their $80 plan wildblue's cap is 17000 MB download and 5000 MB upload which still sucks but is a lot better than 5 GB TOTAL. Also if you go over your speed is just cut down you're not charged outrageous overage fees. |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 | OTOH if you can get Sprint $70 gets you unlimited 3G. WHole lot better than WB any way you slice it. |
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BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | said by iansltx:OTOH if you can get Sprint $70 gets you unlimited 3G. WHole lot better than WB any way you slice it. A) Sprint in only in a very small area of the country. People like my friends can't get Sprint of ANY kind let alone 3G.
B) I can 100% gaurantee you it's not "unlimited" |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 | A) I didn't say it was everywhere
B) I guarantee you that you can push more data over the MBB connection than WB or HN, which is the operative deal. |
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 Simba7I Void Warranties
join:2003-03-24
Billings, MT | ..like he said.. There's a 5GB Cap with ANY provider (except Alltel). I love their definition of "Unlimited", when it's not even close.
If you go above that 5GB cap, be prepared to bend over and take it. |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 Reviews:
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| You're buying from the wrong vendor.
T-Mobile and Sprint both offer volume purchase programs at below $60 per month that don't have the cap. If you don't want to buy in bulk, Millenicom offers T-Mobile and Sprint service for $70 per month for unlimited of either, and I've been talking with a company that will probably hit $60 per month on T-Mobile based service.
Though T-Mobile has a very small 3G footprint at this point, Sprint doesn't; you may have to spend a couple hundred bucks on a 2.4 GHz grid antenna and 3W amp to get a solid signal, but you'd be surprised at the number of places where a SPrint 3G signal is available.
Trust me, I have my facts straight. I have a friend who's on MCom with a Sprint card; hasn't heard a peep from MCom about his usage and I believe he uses a few dozen GB per month, more than the local WISP would allow and more than sat internet would provide without a FAP. |
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