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Default OT- Kindlefire. What's it's advantages?

On 12/31/2011 5:59 PM, BAR wrote:
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On Sat, 31 Dec 2011 12:19:27 -0500, JustWait
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On 12/31/2011 12:10 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Sat, 31 Dec 2011 09:33:29 -0500,
wrote:

The lack of 3G/4G on a tablet may not be so serious an issue. Most
places you end up using a tablet will have free wifi available, which
means the need to pay for an additional 3G appliance (in addition to a
smart phone) is not overwhelming. Wifi is faster, anyway.


On my hardware, 4G kicks wi-fi's ass.

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I have a 4G Verizon aircard that I use with laptops. When it's
working well (not always, but improving), it is faster than a good
cable connection.


Yeah, that's what we use when we are away from the house... Works pretty
good when you get 4G. Started working better after the huge NE storm. I
think they finally replaced the old crap that really wasn't ready for 4G...


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Verizon is spending a *lot* of money to roll out 4G as fast as
possible and gain a competitive advantage. We've even got it here in
SWFL which is usually about the last place to get new technology. If
I could get an unlimited data plan I'd chuck my DSL service and use
the aircard for the entire house.


Verizon is rolling it out to where the people will adopt it the
quickest. It is all about device density.



The issue is that they told us we had it here in CT, in our general
area. We hooked up and even got "4G" sometimes but it was slower than
the old 2400 baud modem we had a dozen years ago for **** sake. Then the
storm wiped out everything around here and when they "repaired" (I
suspect finally actually put in the new 4g stuff), now it's fast as hell
in comparison...
 
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