[quote author=“gr00vy0ne”][quote author=“OnMyWayUp”]What are you talking about? Dial-Up? Hotel Bills? I mean I can’t afford to pay $30 a month period. If I’m away at a hotel (I usually make the reservations for my mom) so I try to get them where they have room ethernet or WiFi. And dial-up account? Why would I have a dial-up account period? I have DSL. The main reason I would want the T-Mobile and Sierra Wireless/BT cell is for the conveniece of having internet anywhere… road, mall, movies, school, Starbucks, w/e.
On another note: I don’t understand why people pay $20 a month for the stupid T-Mobile HotSpots thing when they can simply get a BT phone and add the $20/month to their cell plan for unlimited wireless internet anywhere instead of just at a Starbucks or Borders (etc). There is no logic in that.
I want to go that route but my mom is making excuses about not wanting to sign a contract with another sell provider since I have Verizon right now…(and am lucky to have gotten her to get me that (last year)). It sucks to be unable to get a job OR drive. :|
You’d be amazed at how handy having a spare dial-up account can be as the last resort for necessary connectivity. As someone who travels regularly, it’s almost indispensable for those rare circumstances where there’s no cell coverage, no ethernet and no wi-fi access. Of course, it’s becoming less and less of an issue but it’s still necessary.
The reason why some people will spend $20/month for T-Moblie Hotspot over the $20/month T-Mobile unlimited bandwidth plan is TOTALLY logical. The Hotspot connection is broadband. The T-mobile unlimited data plans for phones is a GPRS modem connection with a maximum 56k connection (although feels more like 40k due to GPRS latency).
So, it’s really apples and oranges. For people who need high bandwidth, Hotspot is the only way to go and more and more Hotspots are popping up. For people who need an occasional connection but need it anywhere then the GPRS connection is more ideal. You’ll have to wait a bit for e-mail and and may have to surf with less pages open but you have the flexibility to do it at more locations. You also mention that people “just need to get a BT phone”. That’s an additional cost for most people. Also, you can’t surf and talk at the same time with the GPRS connection.
Dude, what do you think I have been saying? I’m the one saying keep the modem. My SBCGlobal has free nationwide dial-up coverage and I use it when I’m at relatives who haven’t needed to get DSL… I mean that I want the cell with BT because most people don’t have dial-up or ethernet access in their car.
Umm… you know AT&T has EDGE and T-Mobile is soon gonna have BREW right? Each giving over 120kbps (of course depending on signal strength). Right now the T-Mobile dude said the service froma cell phone, not the Sierra Wireless, is averageing 90kbps. Sierra can average from 100kbps to 120kbps.
O and linc…or dbs…or who ever it was that said we can keep the modem and ethernet as long as we like the webcam… I did like my webcam… Used it all the time.
