[mdlug] Internet usage over 150GB

[Dan Pritts]

I have a friend who had hughes at his place (up north, outside cable & dsl footprint).  It was incredibly unreliable.  He replaced it with “exede”, which works about a thousand times better.  Still has latency issues but much less than hughes did even when it was working properly - presumably less buffering.  ssh was usable over exede, not over hughes.  

I think he switched to sprint, though.  


On Feb 26, 2014, at 3:49 PM, Aaron Kulkis <akulkis00 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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