[mdlug] Internet usage over 150GB

[Aaron Kulkis]

rstaff wrote:
> Bob number 1,
>
> 150 GB max!  I wish I was allowed that much.
> My AT&T 3G wireless service restricts me to 5 GB in a billing cycle.
> It use to be unlimited, but was changed a couple a years ago.
> I talked to their customer service on my land line phone.
> They claimed to have sent me an email notification, I could not find it.
> I asked to buy a greater data capacity service, no such option existed.
> I am tied to my AT&T 3G wireless service via a Linksys router that accepts the AirCard.
> I live in a mobile home park for senior citizens that has no cable or DSL service.
> When I exceed 5 GB usage, AT&T shuts off my service.
> I have Internet dial up service as backup to access my email, browsing the Web is zilch.
> My longest forced dial up usage was seven days.  You guys try living on dial up.
> So you should just enjoy your 150 GB of data usage riches.
>

Have you looked into getting a dish from Hughes (as in Hughes Aerospace)?

I know some guys who get a Hughes dish every time they deploy, and use that
to provide non-military Internet service for themselves and the rest of the troops in their 
quarters, without having to go through all the rigamarole (and security issues) of going through a 
local contracter on the ground (Iraq, Afghanistan, etc.).

Rates are pretty competitive, and, as indicated above, you can take your internet with you wherever 
you go (just set up the dish, re-aim to find the bird -- typically a 10-30 minute task), and you're 
back online.

The only drawback is long ping times (typically 4-8 seconds.)



> Peace out,
> Rick Staff
>
> On 02/25/2014 07:17 PM, Robert Jim Fulner wrote:
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I just received a message from my ISP that I had used more than my allotted 150GB of data in a
>> billing cycle.
>>
>> After our last MDLUG meeting I had been experimenting with some different media options than my
>> regular use has been, so the added usage isn't incredibly surprising.
>>
>> However, I have been on the same DSL plan since we bought the house, and I could have swore that
>> our plan included unlimited usage. Does this sound right to you all? Does "Unlimited" legally not
>> mean unlimited? Could I have received a notice previously that our limit was being changed and
>> just ignored it?
>>
>> Let me know your thoughts.
>>
>> -
>> Jim Fulner
>>
>> Sent from my SmartPhone. Please dismiss not so smart typos.
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