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it's a cost and limitations thing. Wired broadband usually doesn't have a usage cap in the U.S. so if you do a lot of streaming video and such, you probably win.
Prepaid blocks of data would be great for light users of home internet but the U.S. tends more towards postpaid plans with caps and overage charges.
It's just not really cheap. I am traveling now and a 2.5GB/30 day prepaid smartphone plan is ~$20, and that would only cover a few streamed movies.
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Prepaid blocks of data would be great for light users of home internet but the U.S. tends more towards postpaid plans with caps and overage charges.
It's just not really cheap. I am traveling now and a 2.5GB/30 day prepaid smartphone plan is ~$20, and that would only cover a few streamed movies.
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I do it. I have an unlimited data plan from verizon and I dropped the minutes to a 30 minute loyalty plan so the total comes to $45 per month plus tax. I put the sim in a netgear mbr1515 router and bought a proband repeater antenna and use that for my home internet. I average around 100gb per month
That's not entirely true LOTS of people have Cable TV more people have Cable TV than home phone.
I actually cut the cord on Internet Service all together. Why pay $51.99 for internet when I can get it Free? I do everything you currently do and it works just fine (I use Xbox 360).
There are people that get 3G/4G data cards for their computers it's not uncommon, Just usually more expensive ($50 for 2GB-4GB data a month on most plans) And 3G/4G speeds are much slower than Cable or DSL speeds. I know this because I spent the better part of 4 months searching for a cheaper internet solution.
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That's actually not true. Cable Internet has around a 30GB monthly data cap and DSL Internet has about a 20GB Data Cap.
In the US, those data caps are fairly rare, usually only enforced in select markets. On top of that, overage charges aren't all that expensive, especially when compared to mobile internet.
Cellular for home internet?
Caps in Canada are typically 75-150gb for both Cable and DSL. However, resellers offer unlimited and 300gb for the same price than the big3 in Canada.
LTE is actually faster than most affordable broadband connection though!
Caps in Canada are typically 75-150gb for both Cable and DSL. However, resellers offer unlimited and 300gb for the same price than the big3 in Canada.
LTE is actually faster than most affordable broadband connection though!
iTunes or if there are two people in the house on the same plan then you just tether to them and download but that was my situation.
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Where in the US is that true? We don't do anything out of the ordinary and we use 300-400GB per month on cable.
That's the thing. LTE is pretty fast, and, unlike cable and fiber, is available just about everywhere.
But hell, what's the use of all that speed if you're only able to watch two movies on Netflix before you've reached your cap?
Apparently Comcast is rolling out a 300GB cap on most plans with 50GB/$10 overage charges.
http://money.cnn.com/2014/05/15/technology/comcast-data-limits/
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We CTC for TV, and still using Comcast for internet - but in my mind, "cutting the cord" isn't so much not having any physical cable, a monthly cell/LTE service "tethers" you as much as a coax cable in terms of contract, etc.
Anyway, it's not an option for us at this point, due to exactly what you identified (a mix of price, speed, caps).
Yeah, those have been in place for some time, at least in FL and GA (where I know folks who have hit it).
We're on Comcast Biz class, so no cap (in addition to other perks)
LTE was more meant for loading pages and online apps quickly. 3-8mbit is all you need for Netflix, that's within 3G speed anyways.
Radio streaming? EDGE can do the job.
Data plans has only been increasing, and will continue to do so.
50$ monthly plan used to get you 200mins and 500mb data. Today, you get unlimited calls and 1gb data. Not bad I would say for data on the go.
It might be little if you use it for tethering..
The Cap for Charter Communications is 100GB-500GB if you exceede it (which charter says is virually impossible) they cut you off completely.
CenturyLink (DSL) provides you 150GB-250GB Cap.
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Link, because all I see is talk of 250GB caps that may or may not be enforced.
20GB cap on a cable plan would be front page tech site news.
That article says the opposite of what you are claiming. There are no 30gb caps.
So I made a error? Big deal, obviously that link proves I was wrong unintentionally and I admit it.
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different thread, Keep it on topic
No big deal at all. If some cable company is trying to pull off 20GB caps, I'd like to know about it!
Reading this thread, I was curious what the average person uses for data at home. I have Time Warner Cable, and looked at my usage stats which I never even thought of looking at until now. In one month I used just north of 230GB. My usage includes web browsing, downloads (music, movies), Netflix, and streaming music. I doubt you could do that with a cellular chip for home use.