ditka_b
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join:2001-10-05
Barrington, IL
 ·AT&T Midwest
| reply to fiberguy
Re: pfft
Can't agree more, If you plan to buy a netbook and want access this is a fantastic deal. You were going to pay the 60 a month anyways and use your shiny new net book why not get it almost free? 5GB? The crying over 5GB amazes me.
You can email and surf at will and never reach that. The ones complaining want to use wireless for downloading movies and such. Not possible but normal people surfing and emailing at will this is a fantastic deal. |
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TACSPEED
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join:2001-04-14
Tacoma, WA | There is already one person who has just been handed a $5,000 bill for overage charges.
This is a ripoff plain and simple. Stay away from these creeps. |
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battleop
join:2005-09-28
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The only reason I would not buy off on the AT&T combo is that the card is built in to the netbook and I could not share the card between laptops.
The 5GB cap means nothing to me. I've got DSL at home and a DS3 at the office. I currently have a Verizon card and I am a very heavy downloader. I don't think I have hit even 1GB on the verizon in a months time. |
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fiberguy
My views are my own.
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join:2005-05-20
| I agree with you in your post on all accounts.
I have a sprint connection card and love it. It saves me a lot of money when I travel over the (as some would call it) "criminal" $10 a day internet fees for a heavily shared, under powered WiFi connection that barely pushes 256k.
I get 5gb, loose, on Sprint. (actually, I'm still not yet affected by the caps they imposed on people) I surf pretty heavily when I'm gone.. I do typical email, surfing, PcAnywhere, even watch youtube and stream my sling box.. still don't come close to the 5gb.
And, like you, I prefer having a card to insert instead of it being built in. I can use my card on any computer, and do, and have a portable router for sharing. At home, I have Cable and DSL both for redundancy. I'm killing the DSL since cable has been pretty stable for me. However, IF the cable goes out, I still have a back up that I'm already paying for.
Personally, for me, THIS set up works. The way we all use the internet is totally customized to our own needs.. there is no one way it works for everyone when it comes to connection. |
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ditka_b
Premium
join:2001-10-05
Barrington, IL | reply to TACSPEED
I guess they should read the contract? |
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ditka_b
Premium
join:2001-10-05
Barrington, IL
·AT&T Midwest
| said by ditka_b  :I guess they should read the contract? This was referring to the 5000.00 bill comment above.. |
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