[X4U] Verizon Wireless Internet Service

[Geoffrey Loeffler]

John
How much data do you use on Verizon, close to 5 Gigs ?, if you go  
over what happens. This will be my main internet access, point.  
StarBand at $89.00 for 4 Megs, is just getting out of touch  
especially with top D/L speeds of 750 Kbs. Their Fair Access Policy  
was written in 2001, the next generation is supposed to up thing but  
it's not available to existing customer, just new ones. The ones I do  
know, can't get service.

Thanks for the great info
Geoff
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On Jan 31, 2008, at 3:22 PM, John in San Diego wrote:

> I've been using Verizon Broadband in San Diego for about two years  
> now with my Dual 1.67 PowerBook. Nothing major major to complain  
> about and, usually, I can detect no discernible difference between  
> the broadband and my cox.net service at home,.
>
> On Jan 31, 2008, at 4:07 AM, Geoffrey Loeffler wrote:
>
>> I am in a internet challenged area of San Diego and have been  
>> using StarBand Satellite, their price is $89.00 a month, I am  
>> lucky to get 750 Kb downloads and am limited to 1 Gig per 7 days  
>> or basically 4 Gigs a month. Plus they throttle or slow down the  
>> speeds when you hit about 700 mb or above in a 7 day period, down  
>> to 100 K I am tied to the satellite via standalone ethernet modem  
>> connected to an airport base station.
>>
>> Verizon offers a 5 Gig plan for $59.00 per month. Nothing to jump  
>> about but cheaper and 1.6 to 1 m.b. down load so faster and not  
>> tied to a dish. Looks like the USB mobile connection would work  
>> good in my  PowerBook G4 1.67 Ghz. OS 10.4.11. Just wondered if  
>> anyone had used Verizons Broadband service for internet use and  
>> had any feed back on it.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Geoffrey Loeffler
>> geoffrey at alaska.net
>>