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Dogma

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On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 00:49:51 -0600, "Dogma"
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Ever since I started using cellular for home internet, it works better than the wireless internet,
where they put an antenna on the roof pointed at a tower around ten miles away.
There's no more starting and stopping when watching video, and I save over twenty dollars
a month. Cricket Wireless cost $55.00 dollars with unlimited data.
This is real internet with no frustration when watching video. I've been using a little over 32 gigs a month.
I just felt like sharing in case someone else might want to try this. It's the best internet I've ever had.

Things must have changed in cellular internet or your area is much
better than mine. My first upgrade from dial-up was to cellular,
about 10 years ago because the other services were not available
Cellular was very expensive to get a useful amount of bandwidth per
month - I contracted the minimum amount 5 gig and was always
max'ing out. The speed was acceptable, but not great perhaps it
was throttled back because of my minimal plan ?
When decent rural broadband became available I switched and was much
happier with the price / bandwidth plans ; the speed was fine ; the
reliability was OK not great but the excellent customer service
made-up-for it. Explornet especially compared to the Bell cellular.
Once we got fiber - it was a no-brainer to switch everything -
phone + internet + TV in a bundle.
John T.
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A lot of things have changed in the ten years since you tried cellular for home internet.

After I started using cricket wireless and saw how good it's doing, I started watching YouTube videos about it, and the videos say they ignore the caps they claim to have.

About 99% of usage with cricket is with a hotspot connection and they don't throttle that or seem to care.