I'm insanely impressed with LTE

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Tx bronx cheers from cheap seats Premium join:2008-11-19 kudos:3 Reviews: ·FreePhoneLine ·Rogers Hi-Speed ·TekSavvy DSL 4 edits	I'm insanely impressed with LTE Off my samsung Galaxy S3, tethered i'm hitting these speeds... it's crazy I'm sure i could get even higher if i moved my phone to a more open area. Insane how this compares to our current wired solutions edit: Those complaining about this being "general". I was simply amazed at the speed difference in my LTE connection and my 6 meg DSL with TSI. Don't worry folks, Mayans didn't predict the world coming to an end, it sure won't because i was wowed by LTE vs TSI DSL. Edit again: Maybe this needs further explanation. I have family in Chatham who previously had Teksavvy Wireless. My original amazement may not have been clearly detailed, but it was the speed difference compared to a phone.
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Teddy Boom k kudos Received join:2007-01-29 Toronto, ON kudos:5	How stable is the ping? Probably pretty good, I'm guessing. If there are any services available below $40/month for 10GB or more usage, it might be an interesting home internet solution for some. -- electronicsguru.ca
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Tx bronx cheers from cheap seats Premium join:2008-11-19 kudos:3 Reviews: ·FreePhoneLine ·Rogers Hi-Speed ·TekSavvy DSL	said by Teddy Boom: How stable is the ping? Probably pretty good, I'm guessing. If there are any services available below $40/month for 10GB or more usage, it might be an interesting home internet solution for some. Ping is rock solid for me. I usually hit 25-45. We're on an employee plan. My wife works for Telus health who recently bought out her old company and what's sickening is we pay $15 /month for our plan. Our plan is a $75 a month plan for any regular customer. You can go with an internet stick on LTE though. It honestly goes to show what type of plans they could offer but inflate big time. We have unlimited canada wide calling but only 5 GB data. This is actually our alternative internet since the S3 has it's own built in "router". I need to call them and find out what their "to a maximum" is.
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Teddy Boom k kudos Received join:2007-01-29 Toronto, ON kudos:5	said by Tx: It honestly goes to show what type of plans they could offer but inflate big time. I don't think that is the case exactly.. There is only so much bandwidth available, and if a lot of people started using LTE type technology for their home internet connection, you wouldn't be getting those speeds any more I keep looking for data plans that are a good home based business backup internet service. Wind's $5/day pay your way is okay, but the service level isn't great. Virgin (which is Bell I guess) has a tablet flex plan that costs $5/month as maintenance, but $35 for any months when you really use it (up to 5GB, then it gets VERY expensive). They don't list it as a Data Stick plan though, so maybe they don't let you tether?!? -- electronicsguru.ca
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Inssomniak The Glitch Premium join:2005-04-06 Cayuga, ON kudos:1	reply to Tx I've had faster than that on LTE in the southern city limits of Hamilton -- OptionsDSL Wireless Internet »www.optionsdsl.ca
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camelot join:2008-04-12 Whitby, ON	reply to Tx LTE is awesome. The resulting battery drain...is not.
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Tx bronx cheers from cheap seats Premium join:2008-11-19 kudos:3 Reviews: ·FreePhoneLine ·Rogers Hi-Speed ·TekSavvy DSL	reply to Teddy Boom said by Teddy Boom: said by Tx: It honestly goes to show what type of plans they could offer but inflate big time. I don't think that is the case exactly.. There is only so much bandwidth available, and if a lot of people started using LTE type technology for their home internet connection, you wouldn't be getting those speeds any more I keep looking for data plans that are a good home based business backup internet service. Wind's $5/day pay your way is okay, but the service level isn't great. Virgin (which is Bell I guess) has a tablet flex plan that costs $5/month as maintenance, but $35 for any months when you really use it (up to 5GB, then it gets VERY expensive). They don't list it as a Data Stick plan though, so maybe they don't let you tether?!? Wind is a great backup but don't expect quality service at least in my opinion. We bought 2 different data sticks and though we could use the internet, latency and stability became an issue. You do have a point, but still goes to show what type of plans that are far more competitive they could offer for just a regular phone not including data said by camelot: LTE is awesome. The resulting battery drain...is not. I can tell my battery was burning hot after 2 hours 3 computers on it. said by Inssomniak: I've had faster than that on LTE in the southern city limits of Hamilton I'm in central mississauga, phone is inside somewhere in the kitchen no windows in the kitchen sadly even our router get's bad signal through this house. I'd guess my speeds would increase if i brought the phone closer to a window or door for better signal. Nevertheless, 15meg upload is pretty nifty for a wireless network
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Guspaz Guspaz Premium,MVM join:2001-11-05 Montreal, QC kudos:20	reply to Tx I provided a Rogers LTE stick to our staff who ran a 10 computer LAN gaming tournament setup for a weekend in the Palais des Congres, used to play various games that require online such as League of Legends. I used a CradlePoint router to plug the LTE stick in and share it among all the computers. The players and staff running it both loved it. It had much better latency and performance than the paid wifi in the building. -- Developer: Tomato/MLPPP, Linux/MLPPP, etc »fixppp.org
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Tx bronx cheers from cheap seats Premium join:2008-11-19 kudos:3 Reviews: ·FreePhoneLine ·Rogers Hi-Speed ·TekSavvy DSL	said by Guspaz: I provided a Rogers LTE stick to our staff who ran a 10 computer LAN gaming tournament setup for a weekend in the Palais des Congres, used to play various games that require online such as League of Legends. I used a CradlePoint router to plug the LTE stick in and share it among all the computers. The players and staff running it both loved it. It had much better latency and performance than the paid wifi in the building. Yeah that's impressive. I'll have to checkout that router as well, thanks So far i've found LTE leaps and bounds better so far over my DSL and cable.
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koreyb Replace the CRTC NOW join:2005-01-08 East York, ON Reviews: ·TekSavvy Cable ·voip.ms	said by Tx: So far i've found LTE leaps and bounds better so far over my DSL and cable. Unless the cell guys stop setting caps and/or prices at ridiculous levels, all this speed is pointless and will never be a realistic replacement for home use.
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Guspaz Guspaz Premium,MVM join:2001-11-05 Montreal, QC kudos:20	reply to Tx I was less impressed with the router. I couldn't manage to get it to talk to an SMTP server, and it was a throughput bottleneck, never achieving more than 14 megabits through the cradlepoint, despite being much faster connected to a PC. However, I didn't need (or even want) throughput at 50+ megabits per second, because I had a 10GB cap for the event, I just wanted low latency with enough bandwidth to not bottleneck anything, and 14 megabits was more than enough. -- Developer: Tomato/MLPPP, Linux/MLPPP, etc »fixppp.org
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brad join:2007-09-06 Etobicoke, ON	reply to Tx said by Tx: said by Teddy Boom: How stable is the ping? Probably pretty good, I'm guessing. If there are any services available below $40/month for 10GB or more usage, it might be an interesting home internet solution for some. Ping is rock solid for me. I usually hit 25-45. The speed is nice now, but if they attempted to roll this out en masse especially as some sort of "replacement" for wireline that performance would dip quite a bit. I also couldn't care less with how expensive it is especially with the big 3 and how pathetic the caps are. Fine if you're on a phone doing practically nothing but that's about it.
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JeanInNepean join:2012-09-19 Nepean, ON Reviews: ·voip.ms ·igs.net ·TekSavvy DSL	reply to Teddy Boom said by Teddy Boom: If there are any services available below $40/month for 10GB or more usage, it might be an interesting home internet solution for some. From Bell's website (Flex plan, you pay for what your usage is that month): 22$/mo for 0-100MB 42$/mo for 100MB-2GB 62$/mo for 2-5GB 82$/mo for 5-10GB 102$/mo for 10-15GB If your usage exceeds 15GB/mo, there is a charge of 10$/GB Roger's Flex plan is similar, but more expensive: 22$/mo for 0-100MB 37$/mo for 100-500MB 52$/mo for 0.5-2GB 72$/mo for 2-5GB 92$/mo for 5-9GB Overage is 5$/0.5GB But they're running a promo of 0-10GB at 52$/mo and 10$/GB overage.
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jmck formerly 'shaded' join:2010-10-02 Ottawa, ON Reviews: ·TekSavvy DSL ·Start Communicat..	LTE latency from Rogers in Ottawa is pretty much all over the place, sometimes its nice, sometimes it's in the 150-200 range. I actually tether my desktop to my iPhone5 for LTE whenever I have to upload large amounts of data since it's insanely faster than the shitty cable upload speeds from Rogers.
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Faisal @lessnetworking.net	reply to Tx We have two desktop computers and no 'smart' phones or ipads, etc. Can this lte service be used with just a desktop computer? I have the impression from reading here and at the Rogers site, that I would buy or lease a device of some kind with a plan of some kind. Does this plug into a router the way my dsl modem does, or would we be required to buy a smart phone that we do not need or want? If it works with a desktop, it sounds like it might be a good alternative to dsl.
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Jaxom join:2012-03-10 East York, ON	reply to Tx I am sorry but I may be thick. How does this topic apply to Teksavvy exactly?
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brad join:2007-09-06 Etobicoke, ON	said by Jaxom: I am sorry but I may be thick. How does this topic apply to Teksavvy exactly? It doesn't, people seem to think it's Ok posting whatever they want in any forum here.
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Tx bronx cheers from cheap seats Premium join:2008-11-19 kudos:3 Reviews: ·FreePhoneLine ·Rogers Hi-Speed ·TekSavvy DSL	said by brad: said by Jaxom: I am sorry but I may be thick. How does this topic apply to Teksavvy exactly? It doesn't, people seem to think it's Ok posting whatever they want in any forum here. AHHH maybe the Mayans were right, the world is coming to an end, someone posted in the TSI forum... oh no!! These "people" that seem to "think" it's ok to post whatever they want posted here to get specific users input that have technical knowledge. I also do not browse other parts of DSLR. I posted here for thoughts, opinions on LTE and to discuss the differences in speed with LTE and our current wired solutions. Next time don't reference it so ignorantly.
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funny join:2010-12-22	reply to Tx said by Tx: Off my samsung Galaxy S3, tethered i'm hitting these speeds... it's crazy [att=1] I'm sure i could get even higher if i moved my phone to a more open area. Insane how this compares to our current wired solutions ISP telus says it all
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brad join:2007-09-06 Etobicoke, ON	reply to Tx said by Tx: Next time don't reference it so ignorantly. This isn't a general forum. It is a forum about TSI. There are others that can be used to discuss things not related to TSI. What's the point of even having sub-forums anyway? DSLR might as well just make this one big massive forum...
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