On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 21:56:12 -0700 Matt McKenzie <lnxkni...@gmail.com> dijo:
>Since you want to connect to a computer, you probably want to >investigate which carrier supports 4G in your area. >Verizon is rapidly expanding its 4G LTE service, with Portland area >supposedly being "lit up" sometime this year. Sprint, AT&T and >T-Mobile have their versions of 4G as well, though I am not sure of >their coverage areas. Verizon's LTE service has been available at the airport and Gresham area for some time. About a month ago the rest of the city went LTE. The theoretical bandwidth of Verizon's LTE is 52 Mbps, but in the real world you will get 12-14 Mbps. T-Mobile just enabled their HSPA+42 network in Portland, The theoretical bandwidth is 42 Mbps, but the real world speed is expected to be about a third of that. They have only one device which can use the HSPA+42 network, a USB modem. I have no knowledge of whether the modem will work with Linux, but Google might know something. AT&T is attempting to go LTE, offering the same bandwidth as Verizon. However, they are badly lagged compared to the other carriers. They claim they need to buy T-Mobile in order to gain the spectrum necessary to deploy LTE, yet leaked reports from inside AT&T indicate otherwise. There is a great deal of controversy about the proposed AT&T - T-Mobile merger. Sprint offers WiMax, which cannot deliver the same speeds as the other carriers. Having said all of that, all the carriers require an additional payment for tethering a computer to a phone. However, it is hard for the carrier to detect if you are tethering. A lot of people do it in violation of their contract with the carrier. If you just want a connection for a computer I'd go with the T-Mobile HSPA+42 modem, assuming it works with Linux. But bear in mind that the Android world changes every 15 minutes. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
