[Leaplist] Unlimited 3G or EVDO router plans

[Kevin Inscoe]

Oh and if you do want wifi in your pocket this is probably still a
better and more open solution (not tied to a particularly carrier for
the router anyway):

http://www.evdoinfo.com/content/view/2201/63/

On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Kevin Inscoe <kevin at inscoe.org> wrote:
> First of no one is doing "unlimited". AT&T claims it's unlimited
> believe once you hit  some (so far unknown and undocumented) threshold
> they will throttle you. AT&T is having issues with it's 3G network
> (mostly elsewhere). A 5Gig cap is industry standard in cellular data
> access. Personally I would rather have a Cradlepoint than just a Mifi.
> You can bridge them however.
>
> http://www.evdoforums.com/thread12329.html
>
> The only legitimate use of a Mifi IMHO is if you want to carry a wifi
> connection in your pocket. Mifi cannot do ethernet and has no antenna
> jack making it very minimal and of course limited to one carrier.
> Personally I would get a USB stick and CP router and be done with it.
> Now if you are doing this for unlimited give up now.  If you want so
> called unlimited (but I still bet you will be noticed if take a lot
> which will mean throttling) is to tether. With iPhone this means
> jail-breaking it or paying a large monthly fee ($30 last I heard).
> Other phones and plans vary for tethering. The cheapest being T-Mobile
> or Virgin Mobile pay as you go (but it's 100MB/1GB($30/$60) limited
> per 30 days nearly useless). I have actually done a lot of research
> into this my notes:
>
> https://kevininscoe.com/wiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MyPublicTechnicalNotes-Services-MobileBroadbandAndInternet
>
> http://theappleblog.com/2009/10/09/att-not-ready-for-tethering-may-throttle-iphone-data/
>
> On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 10:43 AM, Danny W. Burdick <burdick at digital.net> wrote:
>> If anyone knows...you guys in this list would know
>> I'm looking for a MiFi or router switch magic black box
>> that will allow me to connect any (as in Linux/Mac/Weinerdos)
>> via ethernet connection to an unlimited internet connection....
>> Yeah I now .... so who isn't !!!
>> But these iphone freaks are getting "Unlimited Access"
>> so there must be some sort of plan out there where you
>> can get on and get on with it.....
>> I remember one year at the Orlando Hamcation...we had
>> somebody show up with an evdo hub and zoom zoom zoom
>> we where all on and getting on with it....
>>
>> anyone ??
>>
>> burdicda
>>
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