ATT Wireless Broadband

[Iambjm]

Another computer question: Does anyone on here have the ATT Wireless Broadband and do you like it or not? I am presently on Wild Blue Satellite and it drives me nuts. My sister called this morning to tell me she is dropping her wild blue and going to the Verizon broadband. She has Verizon towers closer to her, and although I am out in the boondocks they recently put up a cell tower right across the road from me, and I think it is an ATT tower. I will find out sometime in the next couple of days whose it is.

[upnorth]

If it is 3g it isn't too bad. I have worked with both AT&T and Verizen for work and they both work better than wild blue.

[itchmesir]

I'm not sure how easy tethering is on AT&T.. but if it's easy.. i would just get a good android/iphone and learn how to tether so you only end up having to pay for cell service and not cell and internet... But I have Sprint.. and I've read/heard that AT&T has like a 5gb cap on their "unlimited" internet plans

[Iambjm]

I did a little research on it via google, and I found this:

"AT&T is telling users of free tethering that they have three options:

Stop using free tethering.

Contact AT&T to activate a legitimate tethering plan and start paying up.

Go ahead and keep tethering, and AT&T will automatically sign you up for a tethering plan and bill you.

Also known as mobile hot-spotting, the official tethering service provided by both AT&T and Verizon costs an additional $20 per month on top of data and voice plans. Free, unauthorized tethering has been accessible on the iPhone for years, and AT&T is only now beginning to crack down on people using the service without paying.

“We’ve just begun sending letters, e-mails, and text messages to a small number of smartphone customers who use their devices for tethering but aren’t on our required tethering plan,” an AT&T spokesman told Wired.com. “Our goal here is fairness for all of our customers.”

AT&T told Wired.com that it’s “able to determine if a smartphone customer is using the device as a broadband connection for other devices,” which isn’t surprising, because telecom carriers carefully monitor our mobile activities, counting the number of texts we send, voice-call minutes placed, and data used per month."

I actually prefer my Verizon for my cell service, but have convinced my husband that once his prepaid cell phone runs out that we should drop our landline and switch his cell service to ATT for our home phone. He is partially disabled and doesn't travel as much as I do. When I am out on the middle of Red Lake I need cell service and my verizon works well there. My friends ATT doesn't work there at all. He can get a senior plan that would cost just slightly more than we are paying for our landline.