| | | The American Public has been programmed to go with the cable monopolies and Fios for their high priced internet connections. Forget the fact that Verizon has recently sold its Fios business in California, Florida and Texas and is looking to get out of that business altogether:
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Mobile Hotspots and MIfi devices have been marketed to the American Public as great travel companions while on vacations and for those with second homes who don't want to set up another Cable/Fios connection. I had been looking closely at this stuff for a while now and was looking for a faster connection than standard cable/Fios at a better price. I found it.
I have a friend who signed up with Metro PCS on their unlimited talk, text and data plan for a flat $50 quite a while back. He bought this tethering program on google play for $8 that hides tethering activity and was using it as his prime internet connection. I didn't like his speeds (he was only getting about 15Mbps downloads) and the fact that he had to have his phone connected to his Windows laptop at all times.
So, I backed off on that. I then signed up with Harbor Mobile (T-Mobile reseller of business solutions) this past January on their $50 unlimited talk/text/data plan. I signed up with them because I thought they were a cool outfit and they had lots of suggestions about tethering programs that will hide tethering activity. (You are reading this correctly.)
I was shocked when I did a speed test and found I was getting close to 100Mbps down speeds in Little Italy, Manhattan (our prime residence) and 60Mbs download speeds in Park Slope, Brooklyn (secondary residence). I was even getting about 30Mbps download speeds in Whitestone, Queens (rare residence, except on Saturday nights after Met games) NY. And when I saw the prices that Harbor Mobile was offering for 4g LTE data ($15 for 5GB), we went for it and told TWC to take a walk.
Been very satisfied ever since. The more people go this route, the more printing companies like HP will accomodate them in terms of getting memory in their Printers to remember multiple wireless internet connections. |
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