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    M11x + Verizon 4G LTE

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Tru3Blu3, Jan 12, 2011.

  1. Tru3Blu3

    Tru3Blu3 Notebook Geek

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    Tru3Blu3, Jan 12, 2011
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  2. laststop311

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    <3 verizon LTE lets just hope the network keeps those amazing speeds up when the load grows and grows
     
    laststop311, Jan 12, 2011
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  3. ejohnson

    ejohnson Is that lemon zest?

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    I wonder if this is something that will just plug into the wwan we already have.
     
    ejohnson, Jan 12, 2011
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  4. laststop311

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    well they already have USB antennas but its nice to have it interanlly built in and nothing sticking out
     
    laststop311, Jan 12, 2011
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    Interesting. Wonder what that data plan would run...
     
    slickie88, Jan 12, 2011
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    they dont have unlimited i think its something like 40 or 50 a month for 5gb of traffic
     
    laststop311, Jan 12, 2011
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    It's $50 for 5 gigs and $80 for 10 gigs
     
    HCW, Jan 31, 2011
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    Yea Verizon kind of beats you over the head in their data plan rates. Waiting for sprint to get their 4G network out by me. They are at least reasonable in their cost. (1.00 per day 5point hotspot to my 4G capable android phone. Unlimited data.) The 4G speed is quite amazing when im in NYC.
     
    binro01, Jan 31, 2011
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    That sucks about verizon. I would just use my phone and 4g as a tether. My ancient G1 is rooted and gets HSPA+ or very fast 3G at 2.5mbps and I would think I could play games at that speed.
     
    The Commodore, Jan 31, 2011
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    hate to rain on the parade. but obsoletegamers article states that the speeds are between (5-12) MB per second.

    Verizons 4g LTE is actually 5-12 Mb per second. Megabit not megabyte.

    So technically it is not faster than household high speed internet like its stated in the article.
     
    TitanGod, Jan 31, 2011
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    blaster 1 tequila, 2,3,4,5, floor

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    I have verizon 4G lite and is almost as fast as my road runner turbo
     
    blaster, Jan 31, 2011
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    The bandwidth is irrelevant. It is the latency that matters.

    3G networks have around 150ms latency, at best. 4G networks can get below 25ms of latency. That is the benefit.

    Yes, more bandwidth is nice. But bandwidth becomes irrelevant once you get above a certain minimum threshold of performance. As long as you can browse web pages, watch streaming video, and play online games, whatever bandwidth you have is good enough. A WWAN connection is not intended to be used to download massively large files, which is the only hypothetical case where bandwidth > 12Mbps would be useful.
     
    kent1146, Feb 1, 2011
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    Have they released a part # for the 4g lte card yet? I've been trying to find it but haven't been successful
     
    tscaf, Oct 26, 2011
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  14. ejohnson

    ejohnson Is that lemon zest?

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    ejohnson, Oct 27, 2011
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