Anyone play on mobile broadband?

[gnomishfirework]

There aren't any unlimited mobile broadband plans. Anyone have any idea how much bandwidth it would eat an hour to play p99 (roughly, obviously). Looks like plans are either 5GB or 10 Gb that I would get (no overages possible).

Just curious how many hours that might net me a month. Typically, Id only use it for playing EQ. I can get almost everything else from my phone.

Also, any idea on streaming videos/movies ?

It looks like they push these plans for simple tasks only, which I can do from my phone.

[Flunklesnarkin]

idk dude.. im like in the middle of no where.... can't even get a land phone line...


I use the internet on radio waves (and you thought radio was dead ;p)... not super ridiculous fast but get 5 mb/sec and 40~50 ping


most mmo dont need more than 56k for info either way.. all the hard work done on your comp


edit and yah.. here i'm bored ;p

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[oddibemcd]

Completely anecdotal and may be,completely wrong:

I remember EQ wanting 3MB an hour, so if you have 5 gigs a month you could stay logged in 24/7

[Kabilos]

I've got 4G unlimited plan through Verizon and use it all the time.

yes there are those that lost their 4G plan when upgrading to the new 4G phones from 3G.

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[gnomishfirework]

Originally Posted by uygi

EQ bandwidth is less than just about anything else. I played EQ on a 33.6k modem once upon a time. 3MB/hour sounds reasonable.

Also, know that you don't need to pay for tethering or a USB modem or anything if you have a properly compatible device (not sure if you're talking about phone data or the "computer oriented" data plans...). I have unlimited data on my android phone, and I just tether with Easytether Pro and get a great connection to P99.

I have an iPhone 4. I have one of the unlimited plans (was grandfathered in on my iPhone 3G) I cannot tether without jailbreaking. I have no interest in risking my unlimited status, so I don't want to do any of that.

[gnomishfirework]

My plan is to get one of the mobile broadband plans.

I might also get a new sleek laptop. I was going to buy a desktop, but my current laptop is too big for travel and my netbook is junk. Big mistake to purchase. It serves it's purpose, but I never use it.

[dduggan]

im on the AT&T 5gb plan, and have no problem
you can even use PDAnet to play

im in a crazy area like you, but mobile broadband works fine

[Ulivar]

I'm out in the country, so i used to use ntelos which i got into before they had a limit, only was able to get 1 meg down sporadically due to trees n shit in the way but it held out alright, i suppose it would probably work a lot better in a clearer area. Thing is, whenever i lost 2 pings in a row = disconnection, which got a little frustrating, luckily there are other options rather than satellite now where i live so thats a thing of the past.

[gnomishfirework]

Originally Posted by uygi [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I don't know about iPhones, but there's no need to root(same as jailbreak...) an android phone to tether, and your provider isn't going to notice if all you do is play EQ, since that's considerably less bandwidth than playing Pandora or watching YouTube. Cost me $10 for the app that makes it work great.

They limit it on the iphone. You have to buy a seperate tethering plan.

[Airdefier]

I have the original droid and tether using the program "PDAnet", everyday. I use it to play P99, wow, and other mmos all the time. I'd be lost with out it actually haha, but it runs fine on 3g network.