Clay L
Well-known member
We have had a Verizon data plan for many years and were very happy with it. However since we were grandfathered with an unlimited 3G plan we were subject to throttling and after we left the road and settled down - no more to roam - the slowdowns have been bad. I was planning on going to a 4G plan with Millenicom. After we got new laptops last summer we have been using over 5 GB per month each and the Millenicom plan would have been best/cheapest for us.
Then I realized that now being stationary we have the option of broadband cable. I checked the reviews of two available locally - Charter and Century Link - and neither had good reviews. Then I looked into Hughes 4Gen and wasn't interested in it.
Finally signed up with Charter (internet only) - $39.99 per month for the first year increasing to about $55 after that. No data cap and speeds of 30 Mbps download.
I was able to connect their Cisco modem to my CradlePoint MBR95 with an Ethernet cable and my network was on-line with no problems. CradlePoint said it was a plug and play setup and it was.
I have done speed checks with a number of sites at various times of the day and consistently get 29 to 30 Mbps.
They said that after the end of November when they drop all support for analog TV that the increase in bandwidth will allow them to increase download speeds to 50 Mbps here in the valley.
Since Millenicom has been absorbed by Verizon that option would died on the vine.
I sighed up with Netflix a few days ago and the movies stream/download seamlessly with no delays/skips at all.
Then I realized that now being stationary we have the option of broadband cable. I checked the reviews of two available locally - Charter and Century Link - and neither had good reviews. Then I looked into Hughes 4Gen and wasn't interested in it.
Finally signed up with Charter (internet only) - $39.99 per month for the first year increasing to about $55 after that. No data cap and speeds of 30 Mbps download.
I was able to connect their Cisco modem to my CradlePoint MBR95 with an Ethernet cable and my network was on-line with no problems. CradlePoint said it was a plug and play setup and it was.
I have done speed checks with a number of sites at various times of the day and consistently get 29 to 30 Mbps.
They said that after the end of November when they drop all support for analog TV that the increase in bandwidth will allow them to increase download speeds to 50 Mbps here in the valley.
Since Millenicom has been absorbed by Verizon that option would died on the vine.
I sighed up with Netflix a few days ago and the movies stream/download seamlessly with no delays/skips at all.