I think I'm going to buy one of these later today. I already have a USB 3G thing, and sprint just lowered the 4G price to the same as their 3G service, with no monthly bandwidth caps.
It does 3G and 4G, and can connect to your machine via USB or be an 802.11g access point for up to 5 machines.
Supposedly the 4G does about 3-4mbps downstream typical, and about 1mbps upstream. The latter is more than 2x faster than my crappy TWC connection.
But, I figure if we go on vacation, I won't have to pay for exorbitant hotel rates (I think internet in vegas was like $15/day).
New 4G Toy
Well, the 4G service is nice (although highly latent ,with 100-200ms pings), but every once in a while it just dies for no apparent reasons. Don't know if it's the device or the service though.
I tried working in the car on the way to the beach using it the other day. Driving down I-40, it kept cutting out in 4G mode. I switched to 3G mode and it worked flawlessly from Raleigh to Kinston, never dropping my SSH tunnel to work.
Apparently 4G can't handoff well.
I tried working in the car on the way to the beach using it the other day. Driving down I-40, it kept cutting out in 4G mode. I switched to 3G mode and it worked flawlessly from Raleigh to Kinston, never dropping my SSH tunnel to work.
Apparently 4G can't handoff well.
It's not me, it's someone else.
I'm not a fan of Sprint.
They don't have the best coverage.
Their corporate entity is...odd. (Most of their sales calls come from various third party companies throughout the nation.)
They have limited equipment, in terms of selection.
And I simply don't understand their drive towards WiFi technology instead of what AT&T and Verizon are doing. Perhaps they see that WiFi will eventually put the cell phone companies out of business and they think they can figure out a way into that future? I don't know.
They don't have the best coverage.
Their corporate entity is...odd. (Most of their sales calls come from various third party companies throughout the nation.)
They have limited equipment, in terms of selection.
And I simply don't understand their drive towards WiFi technology instead of what AT&T and Verizon are doing. Perhaps they see that WiFi will eventually put the cell phone companies out of business and they think they can figure out a way into that future? I don't know.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
I was attracted to the upload/download speeds of the 4G service. My normal cell service is through Verizon.
The speeds are definitely >> 3G, but the latency is a little painful when trying to do some things.
I'll probably switch to LTE once it comes out and gets good coverage.
The speeds are definitely >> 3G, but the latency is a little painful when trying to do some things.
I'll probably switch to LTE once it comes out and gets good coverage.
It's not me, it's someone else.
One nice thing about the 4G: No one else has it.
We went to the Redskins game a couple of weeks ago. So many people at the stadium that most 3G access sucked. It was a 4pm game, so we used the 4G to stream the 1pm games while we tailgated, and hooked our phones up to it via WiFi.
We went to the Redskins game a couple of weeks ago. So many people at the stadium that most 3G access sucked. It was a 4pm game, so we used the 4G to stream the 1pm games while we tailgated, and hooked our phones up to it via WiFi.
It's not me, it's someone else.