[DBE022576]

Anyone do the research on wireless internet providers as in cost connection speeds, length of contract, service areas, etc? Looking to get it but not able to get a lot of info off the net about the services

[Malaki86]

I use Sprint. My cost is $49.99 per month (with my cell phone plan). The contract is 2 years. I have service pretty much any place I have cell phone service. It's almost always high speed when close to a large city. Otherwise it's about 3x faster than dial-up.

It's perfect for a job like this.

[stanman63]

i use sprint also no complaints here fast to

[ben45750]

I use Sprint also, no complaints.

Here's a site that also has information on internet connections
http://www.dslreports.com/overview?v=r&typ=wireless

[inmate1577]

I have verizon and I pay 59.00 unlimited. I have only found one place where I couldnt use it.

Then again it was Pennington Alabama and its not known for being the tech hub of the South.

[serbie]

another heavily discussed topic. You'll find tons of info using the search.

Cingular $59 a month unlimited. Service just about everywhere.

[ben45750]

Originally Posted by inmate1577

I have verizon and I pay 59.00 unlimited

I looked into verizon before getting Sprint and verizon had a bandwidth limit and monster charges if you went to over the limit, did they change that?

I really wanted to go with verizon because they had the new cards for the new laptops but that charge made me decide to go with sprint.

[WildK9]

Originally Posted by serbie

another heavily discussed topic. You'll find tons of info using the search.

[Jackrabbit379]

Originally Posted by serbie

another heavily discussed topic. You'll find tons of info using the search.

Cingular $59 a month unlimited. Service just about everywhere.

How fast is Cingular's wireless internet?

[Crackaces]

Sprint, Verizon, and Alltel all use EvDO for broadband. That is the same medium for transmitting streaming video like "Get it Now" to your cell phone. You should expect 1MB to 3MB in the big cities. If yo do not get a broadband connection then the card will fall back to using CDMA *the same protocl that moves your digital voice over the cell phone network)and that produces 784KB (high DSL speed) to 384KB at the lowest.

Cingular uses a different system called EDGE that only gets 168K to 384K. They recently installed HSDPA (high speed download packet access), averaging throughput rates of 384K bps to 700K bps, with bursts of up to a megabit per second in some big cities.

Sprint and Verizon have higher throughputs .. but also a higher price tag.

BTW) Verizon has a limit on use. If you connect a streaming video device like Slingbox up .. you might get cutoff ..

I use Verizon.