Which wireless internet provider do you use?

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  1. mcgoo422000

    mcgoo422000 Medium Load Member

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    I'm looking at changing my wireless internet provider. My unlimited, lifetime service with att somehow became you change your plan
    or we'll turn your service off at 5GB a month. Still pissed at them after over 15 years with them.
    I'm looking at T-mobile unlimited 4g service through a smart phone as my laptop hotspot.
    Anyone using this type of setup? I mainly travel the southeast, mid northeast and out as far as Houston/Dallas
     
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  3. snowwy

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    there are a lot of us that use our phones as mobile hotspots.

    there are a lot of opinions as to who's the better service also. :biggrin_255:

    stick with unlimited. and sprint has great coverage on the eastern side. my verizon struggles with texas. oklahoma and the northeast. although a lot has to do with various phones also. to which i know i've got the biggest pos to ever come to market.

    i'm thinking of switching back to sprint with the new job. and seeing about maintaining my current phone as a hotspot only through verizon. if i can get them to knock off that $20 service fee they want to charge now. otherwise i'll just pay the heft cancellation fees. what i save by switching to sprint will cover that verizon screwing for cancelling.

    i've never had att or tmo so i can't vouch for there service.

    i'm all about the value of a back. and verizon just isn't it. higher monthly fee. with limitations. anybody that charges more and caps you out and limits you just isn't worth having.
     
  4. STexan

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    Just because a company offers "unlimited" data doesn't mean you're getting a good deal. Typically if they provide unlimited they also impose all sorts of bandwidth policing and throttling policies. Unlimited data at a severely throttled back speed the last half of the month sucks just the same. The more you tax the system, the more bandwidth restrictions you will have imposed inside of a rolling period. Yes, they will reset you to "normal" at some point every 24 hours or so, but then the clock and usage monitor begins all over again.

    That being said, carriers often restrict usage and volume even on non-unlimited accounts at certain times of the day/week and as the systems get periodically over-taxed. but not as often as with unlimited customers.
     
  5. snowwy

    snowwy Road Train Member

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    while that could be true. i never got throttled. had sprint 12 years.

    tried the verizon thing and it just isn't there for me.
     
  6. Cranky Yankee

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    i pay way too much for my verizon and mifi
    but i havnt been anywhere i cant get service and online
    portland Maine to Maimi Fla to dallas and Denver
     
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  8. snowwy

    snowwy Road Train Member

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    so you've got

    155 minutes shared our of you alloted 1400 minutes.

    1785 test messages

    and used 108 megs of internet.

    let us know when your data usage says 10,000,000:biggrin_25525: that would put you at 10 gigs.
     
  9. snowwy

    snowwy Road Train Member

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    i was thinking about keeping my verizon phone as a wifi hotspot. for areas i can't get sprint. but $20 for service fee plus $30 for 4 gigs. wasted money.

    and i've seen a lot of places with no verizon service. in oklahoma the only service i get is along the toll road. in the northeast the only service i get is in pennsylvania. it's spotty in the middle north to northwest. montana, dakotas, wyoming. and along the 80 between reno and cheyenne.
     
  10. Moosetek13

    Moosetek13 Road Train Member

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    Look again.

    That is 108,084 MB - which is 108 GB.
     
  11. mcgoo422000

    mcgoo422000 Medium Load Member

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    How many movies do you watch? How do you find time to drive?
     
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