Re: Data cards and Sprint Puckered Buttholes.

On Nov 25, 2:01 pm, Dillon Pyron <invaliddmpy...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
[Default] Thus spake John Mason Jr <notva...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:





Douglas W. "Popeye" Frederick wrote:
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Douglas W. "Popeye" Frederick wrote:
"Lee Bell" <pleeb...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have a Verizon card.

 Are you getting good coverage while travelling?

So far, it's worked everyplace I've taken it. Receptions was spotty
in KayCee, Wyoming which is as far from anywhere as I've ever taken
it. Rumor has it that it does not work every place, which is why
some of our offices opted to retain the Sprint cards we have before
Verizon. I've not shared their problem.

 Thank you.

If you sent/received more data than you expected you might want to
double check computer for malware.

 I don't keep track.

 I signed up for "Unlimited" service, and paid faithfully for it.

 I scan with AD-Aware SE frequently.

 Thanks, tho.

Verizon has worked well for me

John

I think verizon's service is actually the same way unlimited with a
bunch of stuff in fine print.

Also correct.  Unlimited until you reach the limit.  Just like Comcast
was with their unlimited cable modem service.

Or their "we don't shape traffic" traffic shaping.

Supposedly one could get pulled over in Montana back when they had no
daytime speed limit for driving at an "unsafe speed", presumably aimed
at truly insane speed demons. After all, even if driving 150 on a
public highway doesn't violate a speed limit, it's still downright
reckless.

Verizon could have gone the route that Netflix tried before they got
sued. Call it unlimited, but slow down the heavy users' connections
enough to keep their maximum usage under the desired "limit" even when
downloading data 24/7.

Here's a math question for anyone interested and/or bored enough to
find an answer: how slow would Popeye's connection have to be made if
he were downloading porn 24/7, so as not to violate the 50GB/month
limit? Use 30 days for a month.

Answer (I guess I'm bored, since I'm definitely not interested):
50/30 = 1.666 GB/day = 0.0694 GB/hour = 0.001157 GB/min = 0.0000192901
GB/sec = 0.01929 MB/sec = 19.2 kBs = 154 kbs or baud for the old
folks.

So all Verizon has to do is slow Popeye's porn down to about triple
the speed of a typical telephone modem and they don't have to worry
about no stinkin' limit no matter how long he stays connected and
downloading.
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