[GRLUG] Wireless Hotspot

[Mike Williams]

On 05/17/2011 06:13 PM, Matthew Seeley wrote:
> If you get the Overdrive Hotspot from Sprint, or the 3G+4G spot from 
> Clear you can get full Sprint 3G coverage, plus full Clear 4G (WiMax) 
>  speeds in Jenison. (They just put up a WiMax tower literally across 
> the street from your house -- at the water facility by the freeway 
> exit.).  It's supposedly very fast (2m - 4m down), but I won't have 
> one in my hands until next week, so I can't speak from experience.
>
> T-Mobile's 4G is nice, reliable, and much more widespread than WiMax. 
> I have good 4G coverage anywhere in Jenison or Grandville. It's not as 
> fast as WiMax, but is more battery efficient, and has better coverage. 
> (Speedtest from my phone says I usually get about 1.5m down, 1m up)
>
>
> (Offtopic, but I will shed many tears when AT&T kills off T-mobile. 
> Many, many tears.)
>
Then write your congresspeople and the Department of Justice and tell 
them how bad an idea this is. I have.


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