uncapped bandwidth hosting?

[Technomage Hawke]

I haven't signed up for it yet.
I am still on 3G and unless anything changes, thats pretty much where I am going to stay.

-Eric

On Jan 10, 2011, at 12:41 PM, Harold Wong wrote:

> Sprint / Clear does not offer 4G service in Arizona right now.  When I spoke with their engineering team, I was told they most likely won't offer 4G here until sometime in 2012.  You may be signed up for 4G, but you are really getting 3G.
> 
> Harold Wong
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> From: plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Technomage Hawke
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> 
> ok,
> not sure where you are. the prices I got quoted are from the local sprint store in avondale. t-mobile doesn't offer any such device yet. I did suggest that they do so though. I couldn't find any verizon stores that even heard of this over here in west phoenix either. I may have to google this for more info.
> 
> -Eric
> 
> 
> On Jan 10, 2011, at 12:13 PM, gm5729 wrote:
> 
>> thats $35.00 a month plus over cap fees on any KB's used beyond your 
>> cap. I won't get 4G here as its additional money I don't have (phone + 
>> cell + data plan).
>> 
>> Um, what are you talking about? CLEAR unless it is totally different 
>> out west is straight up $35 month, plus $5 equipment rental if you 
>> don't purchase it. I found out it is easier to rent because the modems 
>> at the stores are over $300 and not guaranteed to be new. As far as 4G 
>> you don't have a choice either your city is UHF radio or it's 4G.
>> There is no inbetween. Do remember that though separate companies:
>> Sprint, Nextel, Clear and Virgin are all owned by the same corp. So 
>> depending on how well their tower coverage is will determine how well 
>> you can receive. Do if you use Clear turn ON your ping on your 
>> routers, otherwise latencies will start to creep up between 500ms to 
>> 1500ms. Extra hint, the device brand name is the passphrase. Clear has 
>> NO caps, no overages and no rollovers. You can just have a home modem, 
>> you can add on VOIP -- make sure the Motorola modem is plugged into 
>> the VOIP box and not behind your routers. Motorola says these are 
>> omni-directional with no rotation necessary to find a signal. I find 
>> that not to be true. Also know that the range on these modems is 1.5 
>> kilometres IIRC. It may be 2 km.
>> 
>> --
>> gk
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