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Re: LTE will probably be pretty good...

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 18:08:33 EDT

maartena posted :

said by axus:

I expect LTE will be a nice improvement.

If LTE comes with a 50 Gb cap, it will work. Realistically, it is very easy to clog up an LTE system with huge downloads, so some form of cap is needed. But... it should be a hell of a lot more then the palsy 5 Gb people get now (for a premium price) and there should not be a financial penalty. If you reach 50 Gb, you will simply get throttled to say.... 256 Kbps or something along those lines, so you can at least work and do some basic internet stuff.
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Re: LTE will probably be pretty good...

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 17:02:13 EDT

w0g posted : yeah, let's say your connect rate is subpar or the tower is being over utilized, at 8Mbps, on the low end of lte speed, you'd do 3GB in 52 minutes. lte at the typical 16Mbps, then you're looking at 26 minutes. 32Mbps or higher, which is possible, 13 minutes or less. imagine doing a full windows update and chewing through half or your entire cap, on nothing but the essensial background tasks you system performs. its designed so that you can't use the service for anything and you pay an arm and a leg.
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Re: LTE will probably be pretty good...

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:18:37 EDT

Cobra11M posted :

said by axus:

I expect LTE will be a nice improvement. If you had to choose between Frontier and LTE in a rural area, which works better? Really, all the nice expectations we had for WiMax should apply to LTE also.

Really, what LTE needs is more wireless competitors. I expect that putting up a tower is a lot easier than wiring up a bunch of houses. AT&T and Verizon duopoly will stagnate by itself. That open 1GHz band from the white house advisers sounds like the ticket.

it doesn't matter!!, sure LTE is faster! for rural.. but your missing the price range.. CAPS and overages.. alot of people dont want to see a bill for 500-1000 or more just for internet!, people wont flee to LTE they will stay with Sat or dsl.. LTE is a cash grab, Your speeds are way higher sure.. but you will blow threw your 4gb in less than hours at that speed

Re: LTE will probably be pretty good...

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:36:14 EDT

TriForce posted : Not a chance. Caps, caps, and more caps.

Re: LTE will probably be pretty good...

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:45:59 EDT

w0g posted : No one will want to use lte in its current form on anything other than their phones. its too damn expensive at $10-$15 per gigabyte, and you will tear through your plans cap in a matter of seconds if you try to utilize it. they also charge even more for computers to be connected, and the most you will be doing is checking email or facebook, and avoiding all video ans heavy media like the plague. if you tried to do what you did on cable or DSL with lte, the bill would run $350-$500 per month, for 30GB of transfer, which is on the low side as far as cable and wired broadband usage runs. comcast says that's what typical users consume when averaged out.
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LTE will probably be pretty good...

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:36:20 EDT

axus posted : I expect LTE will be a nice improvement. If you had to choose between Frontier and LTE in a rural area, which works better? Really, all the nice expectations we had for WiMax should apply to LTE also.

Really, what LTE needs is more wireless competitors. I expect that putting up a tower is a lot easier than wiring up a bunch of houses. AT&T and Verizon duopoly will stagnate by itself. That open 1GHz band from the white house advisers sounds like the ticket.