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Old 11-15-2010, 02:41 AM
Fred
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Default Re: New AT&T Cell Tower Arguments Goes Past 2:00 a.m. in Cupertino

Travis James <travis.james@gmail.com> wrote in
news:ibq4kb$fa7$1@news.eternal-september.org:

> On 11/14/10 1:36 PM, nospam wrote:
>> In article<82l0e6poor0fgh2o76cg04jfcj1im775l0@4ax.com >, John Navas
>> <spamfilter1@navasgroup.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Nonsense. While driving my phone is playing Pandora, Internet
>>> radio, or podcasts, and giving me voice turn-by-turn directions at
>>> the same time. I also use data while hiking and sailing. Wi-Fi can
>>> only compete when I'm getting coffee at Starbucks.

>>
>> and you don't come anywhere close to 5 gig doing that daily?

>
> I would seriously doubt it unless he's driving for UPS or something.
> How much cumulative bandwidth do you think an hour of Pandora over 3g
> consumes?
>
> I use my Verizon Mifi with my iPod Touch doing the same things as
> those mentioned by JN. Plus I do some computing time too because not
> every lunch spot I visit has wifi, plus my Mifi is more secure.
>
> Having had the Mifi for about 9 months, I broke 2 gig in a month one
> time and that was a week at a hotel where I didn't want or need to pay
> their daily internet rate. I downloaded some cartoons from iTunes for
> the kids that contributed to most of the usage.
>


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alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.(your fav genre)

It never ceases to amaze me how many posters to these sellphone/Apple
groups have no idea how to use binaries off newsgroups for unlimited
entertainment at no cost....


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