Renegade_R
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In Topic: What netbook to get?
03 May 2009 - 05:54 AM
Okay right off the bat...I work for Rogers...
Second...if mobile internet is your choice...my suggestion is the Rocket Stick cause you won't pay for it (the $180 hardware) if you sign up for a 2 year contract which is quite good in my opinion and I can get speeds at around 4.8mbps which is about 600KB/s in optimal conditions.
If you want to go through the route of tethering your cellphone through Bluetooth, you are pretty much guaranteed to get a significanly slower speed (especially if your cellphone is only EDGE enabled cause EDGE maxes out at like 25KB/s). This might be beneficial however because since you tack data onto your cellphone, you can use the Bluetooth tethering option and you can connect to Rogers automatically as the settings are already populated into Windows. This might be a nicer option as you won't have to get a second line for internet.
If you need any help with mobile internet from Rogers, feel free to PM me. I won't sell it to you though
PS: Oh BTW, Rogers' $7 unlimited browsing plan does not work with tethering because it uses a different access point so Rogers knows the difference between the two types of data.
PPS: Too bad you didn't sign up for the iPhone data plans last year...I'm getting $30 for 6GB a month
Second...if mobile internet is your choice...my suggestion is the Rocket Stick cause you won't pay for it (the $180 hardware) if you sign up for a 2 year contract which is quite good in my opinion and I can get speeds at around 4.8mbps which is about 600KB/s in optimal conditions.
If you want to go through the route of tethering your cellphone through Bluetooth, you are pretty much guaranteed to get a significanly slower speed (especially if your cellphone is only EDGE enabled cause EDGE maxes out at like 25KB/s). This might be beneficial however because since you tack data onto your cellphone, you can use the Bluetooth tethering option and you can connect to Rogers automatically as the settings are already populated into Windows. This might be a nicer option as you won't have to get a second line for internet.
If you need any help with mobile internet from Rogers, feel free to PM me. I won't sell it to you though
PS: Oh BTW, Rogers' $7 unlimited browsing plan does not work with tethering because it uses a different access point so Rogers knows the difference between the two types of data.
PPS: Too bad you didn't sign up for the iPhone data plans last year...I'm getting $30 for 6GB a month
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