Is GN with unlimited data a good substitute for cable/DSL ???

[Touchpaddle]

yeah, ^ that's what i was thinking...

which is?

 

[Downwind]

I've been using the LTE at home instead of DSL for about 6 months now. I pay the $30. I paid for tethering 3G on my Fascinate and I didn't want to upset the apple cart when I switched to the GN. I average about 40 gigs a month. 50 was my record.

 

[Channan]

I use 40-50 GB per month on average. Verizon's never told me a thing. I download anything I want. Sorry if you guys hate me but WiFi in my room is so slow. I'm enjoying my unlimited plan while it lasts.

 

[Channan]

but for online gaming latency my be an issue.

Why? The best, closest server I ping is in Dallas, which is over 500 miles from me. Sad that the best ping I can get is from a server so far away. On my home internet on my computer, my ping is about 35-40ms with that server. On LTE, it's about twice that. We're talking about a difference of less than 1/20 of a second. Unless I'm missing something, how is that not good enough for gaming? I'm not being a smartass or anything. I've never used my phone's internet for gaming so I really don't know. Just curious.

 

[Touchpaddle]

Why? The best, closest server I ping is in Dallas, which is over 500 miles from me. Sad that the best ping I can get is from a server so far away. On my home internet on my computer, my ping is about 35-40ms with that server. On LTE, it's about twice that. We're talking about a difference of less than 1/20 of a second. Unless I'm missing something, how is that not good enough for gaming? I'm not being a smartass or anything. I've never used my phone's internet for gaming so I really don't know. Just curious.

can't be as bad as the terrible latency that I had when I was using satellite two-way internet.
(HughesNet) but that was only because I lived in a rural area that had no cable, landline,
cell service....

 

[TauntingBull]

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