You guys, with your free-market economy, seem to be getting seriously shafted on the price of internet access. One ploy that works quite well here is to sign up to one of the special offers and give notice the moment it runs out. The provider will almost always offer to match any competitor's bid. Which may, or may not, exist.
On 01/06/2013, Christine Aguila <christ...@caguila.com> wrote: > That is pricey, but the rural area challenges are appreciated. Glad you > mentioned satellite internet. I wondered about that option, but don't think > I'll pursue it now--not that I was really that serious about it. I mean if > it were between cable and satellite, I would think cable would be the better > option in an urban area. > > Cheers, Christine > > > > On Jun 1, 2013, at 9:05 AM, Matthew Hunt <m...@pobox.com> wrote: > >> On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 9:30 AM, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> >> wrote: >> >>> It's both slow and expensive. Major carriers charge a premium for the >>> "hotspot" use. >> >> 3G is slow, but LTE can be quite fast. We live in a rural area, and >> used to have satellite Internet (which was terrible). When Verizon LTE >> got here, we got a Pantech UML290 LTE modem, and it has been >> excellent. I just got 24.32 Mbps down, 6.38 Mbps up on Speedtest.net, >> and the latency is excellent for interactive use like web browsing. >> It's also been reliable in bad weather. >> >> The downsides are the cost, and the fact that we're on a limited plan. >> Our total bill is about $215/month for two iPhones and the LTE modem >> on a shared 14 GB data plan (with unlimited voice and texting on the >> phones). The data cap means we can't stream Netflix, do online >> backups, etc. >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
