We certainly are getting shafted here in Chicago. Cheers, Christine
On Jun 1, 2013, at 2:23 PM, mike wilson <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
