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    AT&T Laptop Connect

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by opfor2, Jul 11, 2010.

  1. opfor2

    opfor2 Notebook Geek

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    I'm curious what you are all paying monthly for your AT&T Laptop Connect Internet access service??
     
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  2. Toughbook

    Toughbook Drop and Give Me 20!

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    I tried it at $29.99 per month until I realized ther signal sucked just about everywhere I went.... Especially when I needed it most.

    I have since switched to Verizon and the Droid and tether when needed.... 3G speed and no monthly payments... Except for my cell phone service. I have yet to go to any place I cannot connect.
     
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    TopCop1988 Toughbook Aficionado

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    $60/Month Unlimited; but they are not offering that to new subscribers anymore.

    Here are the current at&t Rate Plan charges: Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN)
     
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  4. Toughbook

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    My Droid has the "Unlimted" plan... Which is actually capped at 5GB... Which I'd never hit on my cell phone unless I watched streaming video all month long... Likewise... With where I surf and checking email... I wouldn't hit that only using it every now and then while tethered.... Though it came in VERY handy while on vacation in Maine.
     
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  5. opfor2

    opfor2 Notebook Geek

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    Capped*—provides low costs in low-usage months, predictable cost protection in higher-usage months.

    •Designed for deployments with a small number of sites
    •Can be used to determine usage patterns to help identify optimal price plan

    MRC Data (MB) Overage (KB)
    $29.99 20 $0.001

    So how much is 20mb of data use? I guess what I'm asking is what can one do with a 20 mb data plan??
     
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  6. Toughbook

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    With 20MB Data Plan you could check email and that is about it... Unless you tell your browser not to open any pictures and other graphics... I would imagine it would be pretty lean.
     
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  7. crazycanuk

    crazycanuk Notebook Virtuoso

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    or about 8 pages on crackbook.
    E-mail I would exceed that as I have lots of business attachments.

    I as well use a tethered phone on a 10GB data plan (grandfathered through Bell Canada since my plan no longer exists as well )
     
    crazycanuk, Jul 11, 2010
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  8. NTTD

    NTTD Notebook Evangelist

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    Yeah you could check your email for maybe about a day without turning everything multimedia off like TB said above. Typical surfing will easily go through 20MB in an hour. or so! :eek:

    That 20MB plan mentioned above is for business customer to get an idea of what their usage would be and to help choose the correct business data plan.

    AT&T's plan for consumers is called "DataConnect" and has had better rates. As of the 7th of June their prices improved further; 200MB for $35.00 and 5GB for $60.00. The rates are better but the overage rates are steeper, one would have to be mindful of their data usage with the 200MB plan.
     
    NTTD, Jul 12, 2010
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  9. mnementh

    mnementh Crusty Ol' TinkerDwagon

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    I'm afraid my AT&T Data package is for my iPwn, not my laptop. I believe it caps at 5GB/mo with the "OMG, my @ss feels like hamburger!" pricing schedule...

    (SLIGHTLY less than $200/mo for 2 iPwns)

    mnem
    *Wibble*
     
    mnementh, Jul 13, 2010
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  10. crazycanuk

    crazycanuk Notebook Virtuoso

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    Ouch ya I remember having to pay $100 a month on the iPwn for my wife until she gave it up and went to an HTC unit. ours capped at 3GB/month though
     
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    capt.dogfish The Curmudgeon

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    Just another reason to love my new Incredible. $29.99/month for unlimited data on a service that you can actually connect to! We're not tweeting or IMing yet, but I do love this phone. The GPS is truly incredible, free from Google. No limits on thethering either, the VZAccess software came in the box with the phone.
    CAP
     
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