Internet on the road?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by huckstah, Nov 4, 2012.

  1. Wolfen666

    Wolfen666 Bobtail Member

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    I highly suggest Sprint. I had T-Mobile and never had service. Constant lose connections, or little to no connectivity. All my Netflix movies were so blurry I couldn't enjoy them. I switched to Sprint and I am 99% satisfied. I almost always have service. The only time it doesn't work is when I am in the GM assembly plant wanting to get unloaded, but I think that is all the metal that makes my service weak.

    Sprint hasn't done me wrong yet during my 2 year contract, and since I will be resigning I would for sure suggest them.

    I have a Samsung Galaxy S II Epic and I love it!
     
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  3. djtrype

    djtrype Heavy Load Member

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    Also, how much are you willing to spend? I have Verizon and I could realistically use my phone as a hotspot, but I'm constantly texting when I'm stopped so that would intermittently cut out my data connection. I have a 4G WiFi Hotspot I use and together with my phone on a 20GB shared everything plan is upwards of $200 a month. Luckily, my expenses are low, so it's not a big deal for me, but for a lot of people I'd imagine it would be.
     
  4. huckstah

    huckstah Light Load Member

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    I used the forum search for this but really got nothing in the first 20 results...if you can point me to a post that discusses this definitely let me know. I've honestly found the forum search pretty unreliable compared to other forums I subscribe to :(
     
  5. huckstah

    huckstah Light Load Member

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    I'm sold. Netflix and streaming movies is a dealbreaker for me, and I get really annoyed with blurry scenes and stopping to buffer..huge pet peeve. Guess I'll have to divorce AT&T and marry sprint for a couple of years when I hit the road. Thanks for the awesome advice
     
  6. Roadrealtor

    Roadrealtor Road Train Member

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    There us a little broadband card at walmart from virgin mobile. Uses a usb port. Card is $79. Then 5 gig of usage is $20 per month. Uses sprint towers. Service is good in most areas except WY, ID, ND, SD, UT, and MT. Can't watch movies, but can download a few tubes, email, surfing is fine.
     
  7. huckstah

    huckstah Light Load Member

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    I'm an internet hog, not to mention a movie addict as well. I could easily watch a different movie every night before passing out in a sleep...hell, some nights maybe even 2 movies. I also skype quite a bit, which as you know requires fast video streaming.

    Has anyone had any trouble with sprint "throttling" (slowing down) your data speed if you go over a certain amount of megabytes in a certain time period? I had a friend with sprint or t-mobile a while back and he was constantly complaining that if he streamed or downloaded too much in a certain time period, they slowed his connection down to the point that he couldnt even watch a youtube clip until they decided to give him his full speed back.
     
  8. cowboy_tech

    cowboy_tech Road Train Member

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    No throttling here, and I'm over 12gb.
    I also changed my prl to 56006 for better roaming (3g).


    welcome to the LTE
    rEVOlution - MEAN rom
     
  9. huckstah

    huckstah Light Load Member

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    PRL? 56006? What are you referring to?
     
  10. huckstah

    huckstah Light Load Member

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    Could one of you sprint users go to www.speedtest.com on your laptop? Or if you are on a smartphone, there is a speedtest app. Could one of you guys run that test and post your download speeds? I'm on AT&T, and with 3 bars of connection I get about 2.5 mbps, plenty fast enough for streaming video such as netflix or hulu. I'm curous to see how sprint compares
     
  11. cowboy_tech

    cowboy_tech Road Train Member

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    More like .5 to 1.5 if you're lucky on Sprint. Roaming on Verizon I'll see 2.

    welcome to the LTE
    rEVOlution - MEAN rom
     
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