Internet from cell provider ?
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05/19/24 09:54 PM
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is anyone getting their home internet from a cell provider? IF so, 1. Which provider? 2. Are you happy with the service? 3. what's the cost? 4. Is it bundled with your cell which I don't have at this time. the wife has Consumer cellular but they're not offering anything yet. I'm asking as due to my location I'm stuck with one source at ~45.00 a month and ~ 35-40 MBPS.the speed is adequate for my needs but I feel its just a matter of time before the landline services go the way of 8 tracks. I also have a LL phone through the provider, also about 45.00 a month I do like that I am locked at the price but some of their other billing tactics are beginning to irritate me
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Re: Internet from cell provider ?
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05/19/24 11:13 PM
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Really interested to read the replies as I have a landline provider with embarrassingly low mbps service with high costs and they turned the service a couple of years ago to someone else. I spoke with them this past Friday as they are bombarding me with ads on fiberoptic service and when I inquired for the past year about it they tell me it's not available at my location and may not be for another year or so? So I just checked on AT&T internet via cell towers at 75-225 mbps service at $55 month auto pay or $60 monthly. Going to watch your thread to see the replies. Thanks for asking the question. Mike
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Re: Internet from cell provider ?
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05/20/24 12:07 PM
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my situation is kind of strange. i have everything bundled through X-finity [Comcast]. it's the only option available here, unless you go with a dish service, which i tried once with absolutely AWFUL results ! [which is another story in itself....] it is expensive - $298.00 per month. now with that said, it is that way because of my wife. and no, i'm not complaining about her........we have been happily married 44 years this coming july, and have been with each other for 45 years. she is loosing her memory now, but before that, she always liked to watch tv. now, more than ever, going through what she is. with that said, my package contains almost ALL the premium movie channels [because she just HATES commercials !] and of course those add up ! it also contains my land line, internet and unlimited cell stuff, like texts [which i still haven't figured out how to do ] the google, and all the other crap that is on phones these days, plus the newest 5G phone out there [which is another thing i haven't been able to figure out.... ] it is what it is, and i know i could do better, but having everything together makes it much simpler for me, as there are WAY too many things [health issues included] occupying my old cobweb filled noggin these days.
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Re: Internet from cell provider ?
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05/20/24 11:47 PM
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my situation is kind of strange. i have everything bundled through X-finity [Comcast]. it's the only option available here, unless you go with a dish service, which i tried once with absolutely AWFUL results ! [which is another story in itself....] it is expensive - $298.00 per month. now with that said, it is that way because of my wife. and no, i'm not complaining about her........we have been happily married 44 years this coming july, and have been with each other for 45 years. she is loosing her memory now, but before that, she always liked to watch tv. now, more than ever, going through what she is. with that said, my package contains almost ALL the premium movie channels [because she just HATES commercials !] and of course those add up ! it also contains my land line, internet and unlimited cell stuff, like texts [which i still haven't figured out how to do ] the google, and all the other crap that is on phones these days, plus the newest 5G phone out there [which is another thing i haven't been able to figure out.... ] it is what it is, and i know i could do better, but having everything together makes it much simpler for me, as there are WAY too many things [health issues included] occupying my old cobweb filled noggin these days. Sorry to hear about your wife and your health issues đ„ I will have been married for 43 years on 7-11 of this year. My life would be meaningless without her. She hates change of any kind which has been good for me. I'vebeen trying to wean her off direct TV for some time but with limited success. I have an Amz Prime account which comes with a lot of commercial free shows and movies. Also have HULU which offers commercial free fofr an additional 7-10.00 đ»
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Re: Internet from cell provider ?
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05/21/24 06:34 AM
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I have a landline provider with embarrassingly low mbps I had the same up till about two years ago. I started to look around for faster options. Crapcast is out of the question, Cant stand them! It is available but I'm not paying their high prices. Verizon 5G home internet not available here but Fios is. Didn't like the idea of them having to come out and "wire" up my house for a additional fee. And from what i read is slower than most other fiber optic systems. Just about the only provider i could find was T mobile. You seen the commercials for the 5G internet for $50 a month. Well that's if there is not to many other uses in your area. Then it's not available but you can get a limited plan depending on your needs. I pay $50 but forget the cap, It's well within my usage so I'm happy.
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Re: Internet from cell provider ?
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05/22/24 07:07 AM
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I just changed to TMobile. My farm near the Ohio river has a âmountain â behind it. I have their home internet unit coming so I can see if I get good reception. No tv reception and Verizon worked well. ATT not so much.
My Office had Verizon Mifi units for the patrol cars and they worked well. Could stream off them and did well. I bought Verizon home unit and it did well at home. No hard line internet at the time.
TMobile internet is for businesses only, and limited in any given region to ensure their usage wasnât overloaded. I was able to fast talk it was for my tree farm. The rep just wanted to ensure the boxes were checked. Will let you know the results.
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Re: Internet from cell provider ?
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05/22/24 10:44 AM
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Iâve been with Verizon for over 20 years, was only option. Just cell phones and I pads (4) price was up over $250 a month for 8 gigabytes and I ran over every month at $15 for each gig over. A friend has Consumer cellular (25 miles away in town) one phone with unlimited internet cost him $40 a month. SO I called Verizon and raised hell, told them if they couldnât do as good Iâm gone, weâll he got it down to $130 with unlimited internet (it pays to [censored], my wife got a new I phone 12 for nothing because he messed up sale on card). So far so good. Remember the salesperson can give most any deal to get your service but calling the main place gets better deals. Now at nite till 4:00 in the morning I have all the bars at top, by 7:00 itâs down to one, very slow loading, after 10:00 it goes up (a tower only in area) our cable company provide s service but over $300 each with all the other stuff so in our area is very limited.
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Re: Internet from cell provider ?
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05/24/24 01:46 AM
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Re: Internet from cell provider ?
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the âmiddle of nowhereâ Well there are limited amount of uses so i can see speeds being fast. A tower in a populated area everyone is using it so speeds go down.
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Re: Internet from cell provider ?
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We used to have Verizon land lines, we had 3 lines, a home phone, internet, and a business phone. Then Frontier bought them out in our area. Seemed every month, the land lines went up. Wife got on my son's US Cellular friends and family plan and our home phone line went away, but we kept the internet ($49/month) and my business phone land line (started at $40 a month). When the business land line hit $100/month, it was gone too. My son worked a deal with a business phone service plan through US Cellular using my business phone. We got up to 10 lines under the one plan, where each phone could be set up however the person wanted it. Everyone could get a new phone every 2 years. We started with 4 lines. We now have something like 8 lines (my son takes care of it. we each pay him for our part and he covers it all). My wife has unlimited phone, internet, and text on her new high gadget phone, and I have a flip phone with call and text (the lowest cost line of the bunch), and our combined share is $92/ month, tax and fees included. The land line internet is somewhere around $60/month now. Our TV is antenna with around 40 channels here, and we have a one time purchase Roku on the TV to keep my wife happy. We don't do movies on TV. Internet options around here are pretty limited. If I knew how to do it, we could probably run our home internet through a US Cellular line, but I'm not sure if that would cost more or less then we are spending right now. Frontier isn't any where near as good as Verizon was, but we are the last connection on this communication line, and its still not fiber optic and likely won't ever be. Because there were 3 physical lines coming into our house, that internet service has been switched to the 3rd one now, because the other 2 have failed over the years.
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