AT&T Gives Mobile Broadband Customers Free Wi-Fi
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You mean to tell me I can get free Wi-Fi for $60 bucks a month?!! Oh man what a deal! 🙄
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yes, that is exactly what it means. let's compare some other broadband wireless plans:
Sprint: $60, cellular broadband + nothing
Verizon: $60, cellular broadband + nothing
AT&T: $60, cellular broadband + free wifi across the country including every starbucks, barnes and noble and mcdonalds.
which has a competitive advantage? hmm...
Sprint: $60, cellular broadband + nothing
Verizon: $60, cellular broadband + nothing
AT&T: $60, cellular broadband + free wifi across the country including every starbucks, barnes and noble and mcdonalds.
which has a competitive advantage? hmm...
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I would still take sprint over att when it come to broadband. The 20.00 i would save is well worth not being locked indoors for faster connections at a Starbucks, Barnes, or Donalds.
If your not in those shops or within 3-5 miles of a metro area, you're **** out of luck with your internet speeds if your w/ATT. That is a fact. I have friends that have to use ATT cards for their work because of their corporate account... and they pull hairs and cringe when ever they are on the internet. LOL
This is ATT's answer to Sprint (and soon to be WiMax network) and Verizon's current faster EVDO network. I live in LA and ATT service sucks ass here unless your within 3 miles of downtown LA to receive their 3g speeds.
I have sprint, centro, pda...
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If your not in those shops or within 3-5 miles of a metro area, you're **** out of luck with your internet speeds if your w/ATT. That is a fact. I have friends that have to use ATT cards for their work because of their corporate account... and they pull hairs and cringe when ever they are on the internet. LOL
This is ATT's answer to Sprint (and soon to be WiMax network) and Verizon's current faster EVDO network. I live in LA and ATT service sucks ass here unless your within 3 miles of downtown LA to receive their 3g speeds.
I have sprint, centro, pda...
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And the guy in NY, NJ, etc. agrees to disagree with you... to each his own, depending where you are right? lol
http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/05/15/atandts-3g- ... »
http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/05/15/atandts-3g- ... »
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I agree to each is own that why i previously said
"Im not saying that sprint as an overall company is perfect but from a technology and network perspective has served me far better than att and tmobile."
And if you look at the comments on the article that engadget based their blog entry on
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?comma ... »
you will read that the article was flawed (for many reasons i don't have time to get into) and seems bias.
Fact: if you leave a major metropolitan area ATT's 3g data network will crawl to a halt.
and for MY purposes sprint is the better network. on an rv roadtrip from california...
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"Im not saying that sprint as an overall company is perfect but from a technology and network perspective has served me far better than att and tmobile."
And if you look at the comments on the article that engadget based their blog entry on
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?comma ... »
you will read that the article was flawed (for many reasons i don't have time to get into) and seems bias.
Fact: if you leave a major metropolitan area ATT's 3g data network will crawl to a halt.
and for MY purposes sprint is the better network. on an rv roadtrip from california...
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Be careful slinging around "Fact"
I take that back... the "3g data network will crawl to a halt" if you leave a 3g area... thats assumed.
I haven't had too bad of luck with EDGE though... used it in Waco, TX before they got 3g and it was wonderful compared to dial up. Hell, I preferred it over using 768k DSL split over two computers.
Now when you get really out there.... GPRS kicks in and you may as well shoot yourself at that point.
Hey, at least its not T-Mobile.
I take that back... the "3g data network will crawl to a halt" if you leave a 3g area... thats assumed.
I haven't had too bad of luck with EDGE though... used it in Waco, TX before they got 3g and it was wonderful compared to dial up. Hell, I preferred it over using 768k DSL split over two computers.
Now when you get really out there.... GPRS kicks in and you may as well shoot yourself at that point.
Hey, at least its not T-Mobile.
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The fact that the data plans from AT&T now include WiFi usage at their hotspots is an important advantage due to the fact that all of the top-tier carriers (with Sprint most recently being another) have a 5GB soft cap on wireless broadband usage. By using WiFi at available AT&T hotspots their users can keep themselves from hitting or going over the soft cap and being charged more money. The data volume over WiFi is not counted and remains unlimited.
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Exactly, and who exactly knows for how much longer Sprint will be in business anyway. Not for nothing I have to give it to at&t with over 70+ million subs they still managed to get speeds in the 700K range for downloads, Sprint should be topping out better considering they have about 52 million subs. Therefore less network congestion.
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