Xplorenet vs wireless sticks vs ?????? for an acreage

[XJHERO]

I'll bacongrenade your arse biatch!

Your such a tool Dom

[superles]

It somewhat depends where your moving. I live in Simon's Valley area just north of city and have "efirehose" micro transmission and probably 2-3 miles from tower. It is reasonable good, however at really peak times it can slow down. If the kids and I all have our computers going it slows up as well.

[cLAY]

Did some research and got some prices.

Xplornet is $85/month(Plus install and hardware purchase) for upto 5mbps download and get this: only .5mbps upload! and 30GB per month. Also thye throttle the speed back if you DL too much and bog the server.

Telus data Smart hub, is $70/month for 10gb, speed is 4-7mbps dl and 5mbps uL. Overage usuage is $20/Gb.

Right now I'm leaning towards the Smart Hub and not doing any kind of streaming.

[Knox]

sweet Jesus...

"Overage usuage is $20/Gb."

I think I'd rather just accept that I live in the sticks and play with said sticks...

[Raspberry]

sweet Jesus...

"Overage usuage is $20/Gb."

I think I'd rather just accept that I live in the sticks and play with said sticks...

I hear Chess is making a comeback...

[cLAY]

I took my laptop out to my parents acreage yesterday which has Xplornet. I tried just some web surfing and then streaming utube and Netflix as well as running some speed tests.

At first things were super slow, just normal surfing was painful. Then as soon as I started netflix it picked right up. Thee first speed test was around 1mbps and then all the rest after that were hitting right around 5mbps. Not sure what to think. It was definitely slow at first but later was just fine. Only thing I can think of was that a neighbor was on the internet at the same time just as I started and then got off.

Its pretty stupid, either we go wireless and have the speed to DL lots but not the capacity or go with Xplornet and have better capacity but not the speed........

[Marco]

i cancelled my shaw internet at home because i have an internet stick as im on the road a lot. Sasktel is unlimited for $75 a month. and they didnt have any problem giving to me with my alberta adress. BUT you have to get it from a sasktel store,after that you can do everything on the phone or online. they even fedexed me a new stick when i rolled over mine with my chair haha. i dont know how fast it is but its streams youtube peice of cake.even on fringe areas up north. my $.02

[cLAY]

You don't pay an any roaming charges using it here? Which network does it use, Telus?

[Marco]

sorry about my attention span. it works anywhere in the nation same price, and i went to oregon to get a boat last year and was using it the whole time and didnt see the bill change so im not too sure.i got it a few years ago so im guessing the unlimited business may not be offered anymore. spend the $200 bucks and just buy one instead of signing a contract. then you can just bail one day if you hate them haha

[cLAY]

Hmm went to Sasktel's site and here is what the fine print for you plans says:

*Fair Usage Policy: In order to ensure an optimal network experience for all customers, SaskTel reserves the right to reduce data speeds on all Data Plans for any customer who exceeds 10GB of usage during a single bill cycle, 200 MB out of province usage cap. Customers exceeding this threshold are charged $0.10/MB for additional usage.

[Marco]

swines! haha i just surf and download random music or few movies so it does good for me. i just like how it seems to work anywhere i go. good luck in the search

[cLAY]

Picked up a smart hub yesterday. Works ok, speed really varies from 2.5-4.0mbps. Watched a netflix last night with it and it briefly paused about 2-3times, not really enough to be annoying. We'll see how quick I rack up 10GB. Not planing to watch movies much. Was just bored last night as we are moving and everything is in boxes and the TV was packed as well.