-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Wireless
- From: "Don101" <don101@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 09:28:56 -0400
You are lucky to get unlimited service for only US$65. I was looking
into that type of service (don't remember why) the other day and
Verizon, who used to be unlimited, but is now limited to 5GB for
US$50/mo.
I quit looking at that point. Was not even interested in learning the
overage charge per GB. With all the high powered "stuff" on every
website, especially in the advertising, I don't think 5GB would last
very long. Unless the speed was incredibly slow.
I just popped up my handy dandy Windows calculator and did some math.
Assuming a continuous transfer rate of 1.5MB per sec you get 3333.333
seconds ( about 55 minutes) per month. Slow that down to a slow DSL
rate of about 750KB/sec and you get almost 2 hours per month. While
transfers are not continuous and certainly not that fast all the time
if you average 56KB/sec you still get less than an hour a day.
Anybody have any idea of what a fair average transfer rate per second
would be to determine how much internet time you get for 5GB? Or what
average percentage of the time on the internet at a given average
transfer speed is actually spent transferring data? I bet using a
custom HOSTS file would vastly increase the available time.
Don
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Aiello" <deacondeamon@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 7:43 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Wireless
> Sandi
> I'm working with Unicel wireless data card. I started with it
> Tuesday (
> 8/6 ). I like it but, it's not as fast as I was used to with cable.
> It's
> working speed is somewhere between 56k dial-up and a slow DSL. BUT
> it beats
> trying to use the net with what ever wi-fi signals I can grab out of
> the
> air.
> It cost me 170 USD to get started, no deposit but I had to swear on
> a
> stack of bibles that I would not let my bill get higher than 150
> USD. My
> monthly charge is 65 USD for unlimited access.
> They say that as soon as I download and install the newer firmware
> my speed
> will increase. The other thing I like about it is that I can get
> the net
> anywhere I can get a cell phone signal.
> Hope this helps
> Peace
> Steve
>
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