[olug] Verizon 4G

[Jason N]

I'm guessing we are also seeing the bandwidth problem over the airwaves as well... 250 million Cell phones in the USA.. can you image china or India?  
Ever go to a major sporting event and not be able to make a phone call because the other 20K people are making a call at the same time?


---- Sam Tetherow <tetherow at shwisp.net> wrote: 
Not sure how you get to 'technology progressing backwards'.  The issue 
is that bandwidth usage has outstripped last-mile network capacity.

On 8/18/11 3:54 PM, DYNATRON tech wrote:
> yep. so sad watching technology progress backwards.
> On Aug 18, 2011 3:50 PM, "Sam Tetherow"<tetherow at shwisp.net>  wrote:
>> Not counting grandfathered contracts, I think the only provider still
>> offering unlimited data is Sprint.
>>
>> Within the next 5 years I think you will be hard pressed to find any
>> provider (mobile or fixed) that will provide truly unlimited data.
>>
>> On 8/18/11 3:45 PM, DYNATRON tech wrote:
>>> if it's capped, it's crap.
>>> On Aug 18, 2011 3:35 PM, "Sam Tetherow"<tetherow at shwisp.net>  wrote:
>>>> Yeah, for the first 5GB, then it either gets really slow or really
>>>> expensive.
>>>>
>>>> On 8/18/11 3:13 PM, Jason N wrote:
>>>>> It is better than Cox's home super premium connection?
>>>>>
>>>>> ---- Aric<aric at omahax.com>  wrote:
>>>>> Is anyone else getting a 25mb down and 5mb up Verizon 4G LTE
> connection?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> A co-workers phone was getting that at about 33rd and Q today on a
>>> Samsung
>>>>> Charge.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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