I need someone who really knows about data plans. We have one here?

[eddie1261]

Who watches football anymore?

I do. And that's all I need to care about is me.

I think I am just going to use the hotspot mode feature on my Dell 2 in 1 laptop for the RARE occasions I will want more than one thing connected. I will keep playing with it though. Thanks for your help.

 

[eddie1261]

Pause for Boomer moment.

Good shot, but "All I care about is me" is not what I meant. I meant that what anybody else chooses to do isn't my business. I have been watching football for 6 decades. What do you think the odds are I'd stop now? Mainly the Browns, but on Sundays I have as many as 3 games on at once on various devices.

 

[offgriddle]

Many will find it useful. I rewrote some small errors to make it clearer.

You enjoy technical writing like me.

 

[offgriddle]

Good shot, but "All I care about is me" is not what I meant. I meant that what anybody else chooses to do isn't my business. I have been watching football for 6 decades. What do you think the odds are I'd stop now? Mainly the Browns, but on Sundays I have as many as 3 games on at once on various devices.

Six decades? Let me do the math, holy sheite, that would make you nearly three hundred years old! No wonder why you need help with data plans. I suppose you use a blanket and a fire to send texts? Hmmm? Huhhh? Hmmm?

 

[eddie1261]

Six decades? Let me do the math, holy sheite, that would make you nearly three hundred years old! No wonder why you need help with data plans. I suppose you use a blanket and a fire to send texts? Hmmm? Huhhh? Hmmm?

Well a decade is 10 years, so..... I am 68. Maybe a decade is different in metric.... LOL

 

[offgriddle]

Well a decade is 10 years, so..... I am 68. Maybe a decade is different in metric.... LOL

The decades get shorter as the years go by! Browns, hmmm, I spent part of the summer in 74 in Parma ... saw Cleveland but didn't see an Indians game.

 

[eddie1261]

The decades get shorter as the years go by! Browns, hmmm, I spent part of the summer in 74 in Parma ... saw Cleveland but didn't see an Indians game.

I lived in a high rise behind Parmatown Mall in 1974.

 

[offgriddle]

I lived in a high rise behind Parmatown Mall in 1974.

Ohionians are a bit of ok!

 

[eddie1261]

Okay the latest update is this. I finally got this to work as I want it to. I had to put the TP-Link in WISP mode and now when I turn on the tethering on the Visible phone that tiny router logs right into it. I tested with a Chromebook, an iPad and a cell phone connected at the same time. The Chromebook got 40mbps down, the iPad 27mbps, the Dell 2 in 1 25mbps, and the phone 11mbps. I tested them all on the same server or course, one that was 300 miles away. So this will work for what I need it to do. I can't imagine me connected with more than 2 devices ever, the Chromebook and the iPad to watch TV on.

 

[Jcain]

Y'all need to read up on the att mobley and wireless car plans . Thank me later.

 

[eddie1261]

Y'all need to read up on the att mobley and wireless car plans . Thank me later.

Too much money for my occasional use. I can let Visible lapse as often as I care to and not pay anything for the months I don't need it. If you read the whole thread I am not dropping my main Verizon plan. My Verizon plan with 5gb of data (which is up to 11gb with carryover because I rarely use data) will remain in place for calling, texting and email. The Visible thing is strictly for streaming Hulu the once in 6 weeks or so when I am wandering for 5-7 days in my trailer. Testing to this point has been fine. Took a laptop out in my car and streamed a full period of a hockey game this week and never buffered.

For example, I plan to go on a trip in February that will find me in 16 cities over 20 days. When I get back, I will probably not travel again until April. I will put my Visibile into hibernation for the 50 days I am allowed to go without making a payment before I lose my number. And the number won't matter because I will never make a phone call on this phone. This is to take advantage of a data plan that is fast enough to stream Hulu and (largely) unlimited. I bought the TP-Link nano router for some rare occasion I want more than one device connected to the Visible tether. Set it up, tested it, and I have it there should I want to use it.

I have an AT&T Mifi hotspot and a sim that I got as a gift from someone who got it for his dad who then passed away. I won't even bother activating it. They are too expensive.

I do appreciate your responding though. I like hearing opinions and suggestions.

 

[Dzl]

Who watches football anymore?

I know this is an old thread, and also super off topic, but this made me laugh. Been the most watched/most popular sport in the US for 35 years. 150,000,000 people watched the super bowl last year.

 

[offgriddle]

I know this is an old thread, and also super off topic, but this made me laugh. Been the most watched/most popular sport in the US for 35 years. 150,000,000 people watched the super bowl last year.

Shoot, I was in the minority.

 

[offgriddle]

Too much money for my occasional use. I can let Visible lapse as often as I care to and not pay anything for the months I don't need it. If you read the whole thread I am not dropping my main Verizon plan. My Verizon plan with 5gb of data (which is up to 11gb with carryover because I rarely use data) will remain in place for calling, texting and email. The Visible thing is strictly for streaming Hulu the once in 6 weeks or so when I am wandering for 5-7 days in my trailer. Testing to this point has been fine. Took a laptop out in my car and streamed a full period of a hockey game this week and never buffered.

For example, I plan to go on a trip in February that will find me in 16 cities over 20 days. When I get back, I will probably not travel again until April. I will put my Visibile into hibernation for the 50 days I am allowed to go without making a payment before I lose my number. And the number won't matter because I will never make a phone call on this phone. This is to take advantage of a data plan that is fast enough to stream Hulu and (largely) unlimited. I bought the TP-Link nano router for some rare occasion I want more than one device connected to the Visible tether. Set it up, tested it, and I have it there should I want to use it.

I have an AT&T Mifi hotspot and a sim that I got as a gift from someone who got it for his dad who then passed away. I won't even bother activating it. They are too expensive.

I do appreciate your responding though. I like hearing opinions and suggestions.

I've not passed away yet, (as far as I know), but I have had way too expensive to operate AT&T and others, WI-FI hot spot in a drawer for many years now. I found another way to achieve very affordable, wireless, reasonably decent throughput, minimal grid internet connectivity. (Manical laughter).

 

[rkw]

There was a great plan via Verizon that ended that latter part of last year. $65 pre-paid you could pay for when needed then not use amd not pay again until you did.

My service has been with Metro for over 12yrs now. Been a customer before the T-mobile acquisition even. Anyway, they have some nice unlimited plans which really are unlimited data. I typically consume 100gb/mo on my phone with no noticeable slow downs. If it does slow i simply disable LTE and continue on under "normal" 4G at between 3Mb - 8Mb as a rule.

I believe they have plans as low as $40 Unlimited data. I'm on their $60 plan to not encounter any hiccups and i get Amazon Prime included. I also have the Verizon Jetpack Prepaid plan too which i restart when I'm going to consume on other devices (tethering is not a great option for my use) or have multiple people/device needing web access.

Otherwise almost any unlimited plan should provide enough bandwidth to watch the Stupid Bowl or Puppy Bowl.

I wish i knew of other current hotspot plans but other than finding a small MVNO reseller none of the major carriers offer a consumer friendly reasonably priced hotspot.

There is always PDAnet with it's Foxfi license for Android users which can be used creatively to setup your own tethering solution to address tethering limits.

 

[Dzl]

I wish i knew of other current hotspot plans but other than finding a small MVNO reseller none of the major carriers offer a consumer friendly reasonably priced hotspot.

There is always PDAnet with it's Foxfi license for Android users which can be used creatively to setup your own tethering solution to address tethering limits.

Hmm, just googled PDAnet, sounds interesting, I'm definitely going to have to learn more about it.

 

[rkw]

Hmm, just googled PDAnet, sounds interesting, I'm definitely going to have to learn more about it.

PDAnet is really worth it if your tethering LTE speed limit isn't enough.
I actually run it on my PC. i host using Windows WIFI sharing (quirky for sure). I run PDAnet, to host the actual tethering, on android phone. Then the PC version and FoxFi license app on the PC. All my TV's, tablets, etc, connect to the WIFI PC based hotspot. The PC connects, also using WIFI, to the phone with the LTE connection. The sharing of the wifi on the PC is the twitchy part. None of the data used through PDAnet on phone registers as anything other than "normal" data use.

AAnother option is to use an inexpensive older Android phone to act as "broadband modem" connected to a router. The cheap phone runs the needed PDAnet setup in client mode and it connects to the phone with LTE network running PDAnet in Host Mode. It's a bit more power due to the router but you don't need a PC to act as host for yyour WIFI net. It's also far less "high-strung" as Windows hosted wifi sharing network can be.