LTE can provide service in speeds over 150 megabits per second. I’ve seen over 100 megabits down in the middle of Boston. You tend to get slower as you move out from the city center but yes it’s always very acceptable.
> On Jan 10, 2016, at 5:30 PM, Brent Harding <br...@hostany.net> wrote: > > That's amazing that in the right area, LTE can give speeds exceeding the > maximum AT&T would offer for DSL, which would be 18 mbps down at my location. > I have thought about saving the money and getting that for Internet instead > of cable, but nobody could tell me how the building intercom system is likely > to affect the speed or servicability of it. In the building I live in, when > someone rings from downstairs, it rings a phone I have hooked to an otherwise > inactive line, so I have a suspicion that those type of men in the middle > systems would either not pass data well, or would knock me offline when a > visitor rings. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Granados" <sc...@qualityip.net> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 6:20 PM > Subject: Re: Cutting the cable > > > Good suggestion although mobile broadband in the US is much faster than DSL. > Most DSL is provided by the big incumbent carriers and at speeds like 1.5 or > 6 megabits down and 768K or even 384K up. LTE over here gets you 15 down and > 5 up pretty consistently and believe it or not I’ve bursted over 150 megabits > before but near the city center where capacity is plenty. > > Not a bad suggestion though but might be really really slow. > > >> On Jan 8, 2016, at 9:13 PM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu <listse...@me.com> wrote: >> >> What about DSL? If it’s the principle and the caps are all that’s in the >> way of going totally mobile, you won’t mind the reduced speeds of DSL. You >> could then also go with a business package that gave you better contention, >> and not be treated like dirt on cable with many of the throttles that cable >> ISPs do. You could also run servers or do exhaustive nightly backups and >> other things that you probably can’t now because your upstream is capped or >> protocols prohibited, etc. >> >> Cable does run very sweet with Apple AirPort, though. >> >> Just a thought. >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara >> Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ >> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara > Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara > Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. 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