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Which Cell phone company offers the best laptop broadband

Oct 17, 2008 5:37AM PDT

I am looking at purchasing a broadband laptop card and service. I was wondering who had the best speed between the major cell phone carriers. They all advertise broadband speed. Is it as fast as DSL, if not, what is the typical upload and download speeds?

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And what is so great about DSL?
Oct 17, 2008 6:29PM PDT

I only give it a C for passing. My guess is that they are using dsl from the tower to cyber space, just like some cable company is doing (and that's why dsl is so crappy).

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It varies from place to place
Oct 23, 2008 5:09AM PDT

Even if someone in your neighborhood has the same hardware you do and makes a speed claim, there's enough local variability where you can sometimes see drastic results from the same carrier. What's fast for me might not even be passable for you and vice versa. First I'd look at coverage based on the wireless carriers broadband maps online by zip code and sometimes, street level data. After that point I'd pick a carrier to try out the mobile broadband to see if it meets your expectations vs DSL. Keep in mind 3G is a bit laggy compared to a wired connection or even wifi for that matter. YMMV. Verizon & ATT have decent coverage IMHO.

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re:Which Cell phone company offers the best laptop broadband
Oct 24, 2008 7:05AM PDT

hi

i don't know which cell phone company offers the best laptop broadband.
but you get information by online.

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Really?
Oct 24, 2008 11:28AM PDT

Like i havent tried that already, lol.