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[jlangleyrn]

On verizon and decided to try tethering my new BB Tour using tetherberry, results seem awesome to me, I have a satellite in yard that I am currently using; Hughesnet Pro Plan and my numbers are not this good, atleast it seems they are not.  I will try to post them using just the dish to make sure.  Anyone else using similar setup please show me is my speeds are similar or not.

::::::::::.. testmy.net test results ..::::::::::
Download Connection is:: 859 Kbps about 0.86 Mbps (tested with 1024 kB)
Download Speed is:: 105 kB/s
Upload Connection is:: 618 Kbps about 0.6 Mbps (tested with 1013 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 75 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net (Main)
Test Time:: 2009/10/11 - 11:34pm
D-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-0GSBV9NDW
U-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-892TF6HY5
User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.0; Trident/4.0; GTB6; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Media Center PC 5.0; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; yie8)







Now I have results using my dish,





:::.. testmy.net test results ..:::
Download Connection is:: 983 Kbps about 0.98 Mbps (tested with 1024 kB)
Download Speed is:: 120 kB/s
Upload Connection is:: 120 Kbps about 0.1 Mbps (tested with 386 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 15 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net (Main)
Test Time:: 2009/10/11 - 11:44pm
D-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-MH9VJOU1G
U-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-YR6WVG2FS
User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.0; Trident/4.0; GTB6; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Media Center PC 5.0; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; yie8) [!]

[tommie gorman]

That would still be faster than hughes. Since no satelite signal bounce. 

[jlangleyrn]

yep, seems alot faster to tether my phone.  So far it has had steady speed that my satellite has never given me, and my dish speeds posted are the best I have had in a while(it is 0230 here so dish traffic is light).  Think I will at best downgrade to (s)lowest package they have and use the phone for most of my things when I want speedier performance from my laptop, plus if I am using my laptop, odds are that my phone is right beside me. 

[wknight40]

Do you have true unlimited data on the BB or still limited to 5G a month?

[jlangleyrn]

all of my paperwork states that it is an unlimited data plan, cant find any hidden fine print, etc stating otherwise and when I called VZW customer support and ask about data etc they stated that if my phone could do something, then it is OK and covered by my plan.  I guess that time will tell.

[tommie gorman]

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  I guess that time will tell.

Thats the one. I have been often told on forums I can not have totally unlimited, but my bill has showed 60 megs per month and I have not had one bill over my original. So thats the only way to really know I feel. I the bill stays the same. I have sprint EVDO by the way on my desktop. 

[mudmanc4]

Iv'e got an unlimited plan from Alltel, and believe me, if there was a cap, they would have shut me down , a loong time ago. Hell, I set an HTC diamond touch for a world phone, so when in Aruba there's no extra charges, and I proved it several times now, no cap, and no limits.  But thats just my plan.