 | | t-mobile If I remember correctly t-mobile has a 10 GB cap. That may have changed though. | |
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 | me1212
join:2008-11-20
Pleasant Hill, MO | Re: t-mobile I looked at their site and it said unlimited, one packages DID say it had a 5GB cap, but ALL the others said unlimited. And no where did it say anything about overages. | |
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| iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 | For their mobile broadband card, it's 5GB. Just like all the other sluggards out there. | |
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| | According to dslreports.com archive.. Biggest problem with most evaluations is that they don't test across the country with thousands of users. Dslreports.com has a great archive of users across the country. Looks like Sprint leads for cellphones today..
[url]»/mspeed?domains=1[/url]
Here are laptop card results...
Speed Test Statistics - dslreports.com
Samples Down Upload
113 747 369 Sprint Mobile Broadband:
105 727 353 Verizon Wireless
28 622 374 Cingular: US mobile provider (ATT)
These results change all the time though and some are 2g results. No provider consistently leads and all are sometimes on top. Wireless data is fickle. | |
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|  en102Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | I do agree that the sampling of 4 carriers through in one location (at a specific time?) is not a real scientific basis - especially for wireless.
Take what they have performed - hit at least 20 cities
Run a series of different speed tests (similar to what they have done)
Run them at different times during the day and evening
Run them in different parts of the city
Also for 'grins' run take a sample is a rural area outside of the city (farmland, etc) where there's a possibility of no users.
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| | | Also see evdomaps.com
Many have seen up to 3.5Mbps with EVDO. | |
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| | en102Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
1 edit | Re: According to dslreports.com archive.. I thought EVDO Rev A is rated to 3.1 Mbps ?
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| | no true winner I dont think there will ever be a true winner. location location location. Someone will always come out on top at a different location. | |
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| | | Re: no true winner I think that the test that Gizmodo did a while back was better comparison as they tested the cards in several different cities. Of course I don't think that t-mobile had their laptop card available at the time. | |
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| | Alltel doen't have a cap. Before I signed last year I had the Alltel manager in town print a copy of the contract. No mention of a cap, no hint, no discouragement of excessive download. I've also been on the phone with Alltel's tech support -- twice-- over the past two weeks and they reiterated the fact there's NO cap.
When Verizon gets finished with the merger, however...that could be a whole new ball of wax. Since Alltel is my ONLY source for internet (no DSL, cable, wiMax, etc.) I won't be happy if we're capped. | |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 Reviews:
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| YMMV Depending on tower load, network configuration etc. there's a big YMMV here. The biggest ones being the HSPA networks, which don't have near the coverage of CDMA-based systems (Verizon+Alltel and Sprint). Verizon, so I've heard, does 1 Mbit down and 500k up. SPrint here is 1.3 Mbps down and 350k up form my direct experience. AT&T is EDGE (70 kbps). T-Mobile *might* be EDGE, or it might be GPRS. AT&T *should* have 3G here "by the end of the year". Nothing from T-Mobile. | |
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| | | Re: YMMV Ive tried them all
Here near Lincolnton its:
AT&T - EDGE 150-200kbps
Verizon - No Service (0 bars)
Sprint - No Service (0 Bars)
Alltel - EVDO 600-750kbps (very weak signal 1-2 bars)
T-Mobile is GPRS not even worth it.
So I stay with AT&T, even though EDGE is slow at least its 4-5 bars while everyone else is crap. Although AT&T will probably never bring 3G here. | |
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| | iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 Reviews:
·Comcast
·Verizon Online DSL
| Re: YMMV Wait...if you've got a 600-750 kbps Alltel signal wouldn't that be better than EDGE on AT&T? Also, since Alltel got bought by Verizon, you should be seeing better data coverage, since Verizon makes a crapload off of that and likes to parade "nation's largest 3G network" all over the place. | |
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