Cellular Internet Part 2
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008You may remember my toying with cellular internet last year if not here is the article alltel cellular initial review
I got a cellular internet card to replace the sat dish. I decided to go with sprint as they offered the better business deal and actually called me back when I wanted to buy their product, unlike Alltel. With out an external antenna I get about 0-2 bars of service in the best position in the house with 95-102 -dBm signal strength. With an external antenna that signal increases to 2-3 bars with a solid -90dBm signal strength. Here is the best part I can connect to the internet at about 256kbps and I have no band with caps for about $60 a month. That is cheaper then dial up with the cost of a second phone line. and about $50 cheaper then I was paying for the Hughes crap.
My ping times are not spectacular by any means with 1xRTT service However they are still 300-500ns faster then Hughes net. And here is the best part when we travel I can take the Sprint Internet Card with us in the laptop for instant access to Maps GPS and local services. Suppose we are driving through TN and I got a hankering for BBQ punch up the GPS locator service and bam turn by turn directions to a BBQ shack.
When I am in a larger metro area like St. Louis Or Columbia I get almost bidirectional T1 speed of 1.5mbps+ So as they bring other towers online my internet service will only improve.
It is fast enough to play World of Warcraft and watch you tube crap so it is fast enough for me. w00t
