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As part of my upcoming move, I am going to have to change internet providers. So one of the options I am looking at is going with Sprint's 4G mobile hotspot device. The way my plan with Sprint is already structured it would actually be cheaper than what I pay now for internet. But how good is it really????? We have mine and The Boy's laptops that would be moving all around the small apartment (700 sqft maybe), and then The Boy's desktop and iMac. I know it says it will provide service to up to 5 devices at a time. But my bigger concern is, will my signal on the laptop be good in the next room? Like what is the range on it? I know our current modem does okay in our house, but it's a full on modem. So my question to y'all is, Do any of you use a mobile hotspot device daily for your internet service at home or work? Do you experience much service down time? Who is your provider? (or just if you use Sprint) Do you experience "dead" spots in your home/business where your computer doesn't pick up? Anything you feel I should know? Anybody use something other than your local cable/dish/phone provider for internet access? Thanks bunches my tech-savvy friends. A |
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I dont have the Sprint hotspot but I do have the Verizon Mifi. It connects upto 5 devices wirelessly. It is about the size of a small wallet but flat. I love it! I take it to work with me and use it at home. I do have trouble sometimes at home with the reception but that is only because I have a dead zone in my area.
I would highly recommend a device like this. I just dont know how Sprint's works. I am still under the Alltel plan so I get unlimited internet but usually it is only 3G. 4G will probably be enough unless you are online A LOT. Good luck!
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In this area its slow. Sprint in genral sucks in East Nasty, Donelson and Mt Juliet to name a few...not sure about the boro. When I am traveling in major cities like NYC, it works great and is helpful....otherwise cable is WAY way way faster and infinitely more relieable. You can download programs to make your phones wifi and just plug them in.
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I have Verizon FIOS. 30-35MB both up and down. Now that said, the wireless that's built in is ok (reaches to the front yard where I spend most of my day) but now and again quits during the day (I suspect a nearby neighbour who has a wireless handset phone).
Personally, things like MiFi and/or Sprint's 4G are meant for laptops on the road. For me I cannot conceive of them being ok for home use, especially with that many computers. You'd be, IMO, better off with cable or DSL and getting a wireless router hooked up to those. It ends up being cheaper and easier to control. One thing to note: wireless networks like 3G and 4G tend to have high latency, which is ok for phones and tablets but tends to suck for many of the apps we run on computers.
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Also, on 3g if you download over a certain amount you get charged even with unlimited data. I learned the hard way during my LOST obsession.
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I have a dry/naked (don't have a landline phone but goes through the phone jack) DSL through AT&T and I have the lowest speed, pay $20/month, use my wireless router and have NO problems at home. In the 3.5 years I have had it, it has gone out only twice. I highly recommend it
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I download music mostly...song on itunes takes about a minute at the most. I haven't streamed any full-length movies yet. My connection is a 768 Kbps. The highest, which is 6 Mbps is less than $10 more/month...I am cheap. Right now I could get 6 Mbps services for $24.95/month for the first year if I was a new customer. There aren't a bunch of taxes on it like you get with cell/cable services. The price they say it is a month is the price you pay. AT&T has discount for the first year and then jacks it up after the year about $5-10/month. Still MUCH cheaper than internet through the cable company here and much more reliable. Now, AT&T is the local landline phone service here, so I don't know if that is why we have this service. If your landline phone provider is Verizon they have similar dry DSL.
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Latency means the length of time that it takes for a single packet to go from your computer to a destination and then back again. The lower the latency, the fast and more stable a network. The higher the latency, the more packets that are dropped and the more unstable a network.
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Certainly (connections mean more computers, not multiple websites accesses) but sometimes latency can occur without the extra connections.
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