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Offline cLAY

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Xplorenet vs wireless sticks vs ?????? for an acreage
« on: September 23, 2011, 09:15:18 PM »
Moving to an acreage!!!! YAAAA!!!

But not high speed from shaw or telus. Boooooo! Just got my PVR a few months age too! Dang it!@!@#!\

So does anyone here use xplornet or cellular wireless sticks? My parents use Xplornet and aren't all that thrilled with them. Plus the more I read about them the less I like them.

Hoping to get something fast enough for netflix.
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Re: Xplorenet vs wireless sticks vs ?????? for an acreage
« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2011, 09:56:34 PM »
Smoke signals or if you're within range a string tied between two tomatoe juice cans.
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Re: Xplorenet vs wireless sticks vs ?????? for an acreage
« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2011, 02:04:02 AM »
check out Platinum.ca they have the bandwidth and data allowance for streaming movies and such ($50 / month).  my cousin uses them and they are OK if you have a clear line of sight to a tower.  think the startup costs are nasty but with contract might not be so bad.
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Re: Xplorenet vs wireless sticks vs ?????? for an acreage
« Reply #3 on: September 24, 2011, 05:38:48 AM »
The 3G and 4G wireless sticks are probably not a solution for you. The Canadian providers no longer seem to offer a truly "unlimited" data plan...they seem to hose you pretty hard if you're using it a lot.
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Re: Xplorenet vs wireless sticks vs ?????? for an acreage
« Reply #4 on: September 24, 2011, 09:20:52 PM »
Telus charges $70 a month for upto 10GB and then applies over usage fees. Not really sure how much I would use....
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Re: Xplorenet vs wireless sticks vs ?????? for an acreage
« Reply #5 on: September 24, 2011, 09:27:25 PM »
regular web surfin on my phone at work is 1GB. 

I typically go over by a couple dollars.  I am very reserved with the phone too, ie no videos or pr0n.  (i know!)

at home I use about 200-300GB per month and don't use netflix.  netflix can use approx 1GB per hour for HD content.

10GB is peanuts nowadays but depends on your useage.
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Re: Xplorenet vs wireless sticks vs ?????? for an acreage
« Reply #6 on: September 24, 2011, 11:20:34 PM »
Quote from: cLAY on September 24, 2011, 09:20:52 PM
Telus charges $70 a month for upto 10GB and then applies over usage fees. Not really sure how much I would use....

who do you currently get your internet through?  I am pretty sure they can tell you what your usage history has been.
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Re: Xplorenet vs wireless sticks vs ?????? for an acreage
« Reply #7 on: September 25, 2011, 04:20:35 PM »
We had Xplornet when we first moved..... it sucked dead bears. We now use Telus (but that doesn't help you.... sorry).
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Re: Xplorenet vs wireless sticks vs ?????? for an acreage
« Reply #8 on: September 25, 2011, 09:52:00 PM »
Quote from: Immortal on September 25, 2011, 04:20:35 PM
We had Xplornet when we first moved..... it sucked dead bears. We now use Telus (but that doesn't help you.... sorry).


I still have xplornet on the farm and fyi Trev, it still sucks dead bears. If only Telus serviced that area id switch.. Its not bad when its up, but if theres a storm, or any sort of cloud cover it seems to drop out pretty frequently.
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Re: Xplorenet vs wireless sticks vs ?????? for an acreage
« Reply #9 on: September 26, 2011, 04:05:21 PM »
Can you stream video with it?

Do you ever get your band width throttled? I've heard that if you download too much that they will drop your speed.
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Re: Xplorenet vs wireless sticks vs ?????? for an acreage
« Reply #10 on: September 26, 2011, 04:54:23 PM »
I have watched some streaming video out there but it plays for 10 seconds, then buffers for 20, plays for 7, buffers for 20.... Also for large downloads cant say that ive ever noticed them throttle the connection, as its pretty slow on a good day :D

Plays WOW ok tho not that i would know...  ::)
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Re: Xplorenet vs wireless sticks vs ?????? for an acreage
« Reply #11 on: September 26, 2011, 06:40:28 PM »
Quote from: TL-Iguana on September 26, 2011, 04:54:23 PM
Plays WOW ok tho not that i would know...  ::)

Oh no...how could you?
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Re: Xplorenet vs wireless sticks vs ?????? for an acreage
« Reply #12 on: September 27, 2011, 07:40:54 AM »
Quote from: TL-Iguana on September 26, 2011, 04:54:23 PM
Plays WOW ok tho not that i would know...  ::)

Typical XJ pilot. Weasley, do we really have to let him in?  ;D
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Re: Xplorenet vs wireless sticks vs ?????? for an acreage
« Reply #13 on: September 28, 2011, 09:13:23 AM »
Quote from: TL-Iguana on September 26, 2011, 04:54:23 PM
Plays WOW ok tho not that i would know...  ::)

Well that explains a lot!
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Re: Xplorenet vs wireless sticks vs ?????? for an acreage
« Reply #14 on: September 28, 2011, 04:01:10 PM »
Quote from: XJHERO on September 28, 2011, 09:13:23 AM
Well that explains a lot!

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