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hrosvit · 07-10-2012, 10:10 AM

Verizon DSL (the "high speed enhanced" plan - yeah; right). Avertised at 1.1-15 Mb/s (the "high speed" plan is .5-1.0 Mb/s; in what world is that "high speed"?). In reality, the highest I've seen it is around 13 Mb/s, and it probably averages in the 5-7 Mb/s range. I believe it is around $35/month. No data cap, or at least not one I am aware of. We stream movies a few times a week, and I use Pandora a good bit, but I wouldn't characterize our internet usage as anything near "heavy".

At my previous residence, DSL and cable were not available. I used Verizon wireless service, $60/month, which provided me with about .5-2.5 Mb/s speed. It might have been slow, but at least it was unreliable, too.

For my iPad, I pay $30/month for 2GB of data from Verizon. Obviously, speed depends on location, but where LTE is available, I have hit 30Mb/s. With my iPhone, my girlfriend's Android and my iPad, the new data sharing plans from Verizon are very intriguing to me.

07-10-2012, 10:10 AM	#64
hrosvit Moron Posts: 333 Karma: 3113890 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Southwest PA Device: iPad 3, Galaxy Note 2, Nook ST	Verizon DSL (the "high speed enhanced" plan - yeah; right). Avertised at 1.1-15 Mb/s (the "high speed" plan is .5-1.0 Mb/s; in what world is that "high speed"?). In reality, the highest I've seen it is around 13 Mb/s, and it probably averages in the 5-7 Mb/s range. I believe it is around $35/month. No data cap, or at least not one I am aware of. We stream movies a few times a week, and I use Pandora a good bit, but I wouldn't characterize our internet usage as anything near "heavy". At my previous residence, DSL and cable were not available. I used Verizon wireless service, $60/month, which provided me with about .5-2.5 Mb/s speed. It might have been slow, but at least it was unreliable, too. For my iPad, I pay $30/month for 2GB of data from Verizon. Obviously, speed depends on location, but where LTE is available, I have hit 30Mb/s. With my iPhone, my girlfriend's Android and my iPad, the new data sharing plans from Verizon are very intriguing to me. Last edited by hrosvit; 07-10-2012 at 10:20 AM.