mobile hotspot
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Kurt
You had me going for a moment.
I have a similar plan with Cablevsion Biz, 5 fixed IP’s and boost cost me about $85 per month per location for 30mb down & 5mb up
They have a Ultra plan that gives 101 down & 15up for $20 more but a $300 install fee that I'm kicking around the thought of doing.
What's crazy is I remember when 56KB was thought of as fast and a T1 at 1.5MB was lightspeed
You had me going for a moment.
I have a similar plan with Cablevsion Biz, 5 fixed IP’s and boost cost me about $85 per month per location for 30mb down & 5mb up
They have a Ultra plan that gives 101 down & 15up for $20 more but a $300 install fee that I'm kicking around the thought of doing.
What's crazy is I remember when 56KB was thought of as fast and a T1 at 1.5MB was lightspeed
Virgin Mobile is Sprint rebranded and sold as a prepay subscription service. Tethering is not allowed.
Virgin Mobile USAOn July 28, 2009, Sprint agreed to pay $483 million to purchase Virgin Mobile USA. The Federal Trade Commission later gave the go-ahead on the acquisition.[19] Virgin Mobile USA was originally conceived as a joint venture between Virgin Group and Sprint, and uses Sprint's cellular bandwidth in the United States. Sprint retained the Virgin Mobile name after the deal closed
Bill
Rub it in Andy! I have the Samsung LTE and 3G USB modem into a Cardlepoint router with special firmare. Too bad I don't have 4G coverage on Verizon at the boat yet. I do have AT&T HSPA+ that does about 5-6mbps DL and 3mbps UL as an alternate.
However I recently upgraded our Marina's WiFi system using Xfinity business class service I threw out the Telco DSL and I get 12-14mbps DL and 10-12mbps UL. I can live with that. I can still go up another step. You probably already know this but over the last week there have ben many issues with speed and backhaul failures due to Amazons servers going down and it causing major traffic diversions. I know as of last night they were still down.
Bill
However I recently upgraded our Marina's WiFi system using Xfinity business class service I threw out the Telco DSL and I get 12-14mbps DL and 10-12mbps UL. I can live with that. I can still go up another step. You probably already know this but over the last week there have ben many issues with speed and backhaul failures due to Amazons servers going down and it causing major traffic diversions. I know as of last night they were still down.
Bill
I still think they are extending only because they can't measure the usage separate from normal data use. When I go to my account online, the hotspot usage is lumped in with my normal on phone data (email, web, etc) usage.
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Okay so I read this entire thread and I must be a little thick because I am not gett. ing what the need is. I have the original Droid with only 3g and it has yet to under perform anything I have tried to do including watching a movie from Comcast.net while spending several hours in an airport. I also have a Motorola xoom (without 3g) that streams great when there is a hotspot. I use one of the two to surf the net on the boat. The majority of what we watch on the tele is network stuff or we take a DVD.
Having said all that, what am I missing? I mean I will likely put some sort of wifi booster on the boat but outside of that is there some hidden potential that I am missing?
Having said all that, what am I missing? I mean I will likely put some sort of wifi booster on the boat but outside of that is there some hidden potential that I am missing?
There's no public WiFi at my marina. Thus, no wat I to get on Internet from PC or my Internet enabled TV (LED FLat Screen) and don't want to steal bandwidth from someone's personal WiFi.
With some of the new phones, you can use them as a hotspot. That is, they are connected to internet over cell data, and PC or TV gts access through WiFi to the phone. You can connect up to 5 devices to the phone hotspot. Obviously, 4g is faster than 3G and streaming HD movies to the TV requires a good bit of bandwidth. Now, I can get Comcast OnDemand on the boat as well as email, internet, etc on PC
With some of the new phones, you can use them as a hotspot. That is, they are connected to internet over cell data, and PC or TV gts access through WiFi to the phone. You can connect up to 5 devices to the phone hotspot. Obviously, 4g is faster than 3G and streaming HD movies to the TV requires a good bit of bandwidth. Now, I can get Comcast OnDemand on the boat as well as email, internet, etc on PC
You can count on numerous things to happen the price for streaming video is costing the cellular and WiFi providers to spend big money on backhaul. The internet was never intended to replace standard or premium TV. IPTV (internet provided TV viewing) is like a 3 headed monster while you might be ok with it now as more and more users watch IPTV you will buffer more and more. There might be times in the very near future where it won't be usable because too many people are taking up limited bandwidth. For wireless providers there is only so much spectrum and they can only remain profitable if they develop and replace the old school backhaul circuits (bonded T1's) with either DS3 circuits, fiber optics or microwave backhaul. Many of the cellular carriers are tackling this issue that they helped create. NetFlix has resulted in taking up 30% of a typical internet service providers capacity and it's a realatively new service. There are legal battles going on at many levels with NetFlix. In rural America the circuits don't really exist to provide the backhaul needed hence the rural stimulous money going to middle mile fiber providers. Almost every cellular data service has a 5gig cap. How many movies does it take before you hit your data cap? The answer is not many. Someone has to eventually pay for the backhaul right now it is being buried by the governments stimulous money and rural grants, but that is really all tax paying citizen's money. I know Verizon sends out notices when you get to 50% of your data cap then again until you hit the cap then you pay extra, with AT&T they let you hit the cap warn you via e-mail then they throttle you (slow you down to the point you can't watch or download TV. Sprint and Clearwire are the only companies that allow unlimited useage but look at their balance sheets compared to Verizon or AT&T. The smaller players are having bigger issues especially the guys that provide free HotSpots via WiFi. A booster won't help when it comes to data capacity issues. I often tell people asking for my advice if they want quality DTV and premium TV service & movies in your RV or boat get Dish or Direct TV dedicated units and a DVD/Blueray unit. Leave Cellular and WiFi for voice applications, surfing the Net and getting e-mail. Watching an occasional U-Tube video is fine but downloading a weekends worth of TV over cellular or WiFi won't be worth it in the near future.
Bill
Bill
I know you know waay more than me here, but the backhaul is not wireless, right? So, that needs to be upgraded regardless of wireless. As you say Netflix is taking a lion's share now. We just upgraded to a fiber link to our office. I think we can go up to 100gbps if we want, but as you say that has nothing to do with the backhaul. My understanding is that a lot of other countries are way ahead of us in that regard.
In any case, for my situation, I doubt I'll be using the hotspot for much TV. Will mainly use as you say for surfing and email.
In any case, for my situation, I doubt I'll be using the hotspot for much TV. Will mainly use as you say for surfing and email.
The entire ethernet switches and backbone all need or are being upgraded. These can be located at server farms and service providers secure facilities. Comcast has been spending hundreds of millions of dollars just upgrading to DocSys03. Also the conversion from Multi-mode fiber to Single mode fiber is costly for service providers. The companies spending the money are Level 3 Communications, Savvis, Quest, AT&T, Xhom, Embarq, Verizon, and TiNet as examples. Keep in mind the coming transition to IPV6 because we have run out of blocks of IP's also requires network & switch upgrades. These switches cost millions of dollars they are not you typical server used in a small business running Microsoft exchange. I am talking about huge tier 1 internet/backbone companies. The cellular and WiFi carriers or providers purchase service from resellers of these companies or if your large enough you purchase bandwidth directly.
Bill
Bill
Here is WiKi's definition of tier one internet providers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tier_1_network#List_of_tier_1_networks
Here is a bit about the IPV6 process and progression
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tier_1_network#List_of_tier_1_networks
Here is a bit about the IPV6 process and progression
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6