Cheap $20 a month Stand Alone Unlimited Rural Internet through AT&T Wireless

[TractorGuy]

I wonder if anyone at ATT marketing had a clue what was going to happen when they made this offer? And did any manufacture of these mobile devices have a clue how this was going to "go viral"? Apparently not on either count.

I hope it continues to work out for everyone that got in but the cellular industry has a track record of finding ways out of the unlimited data offers. I wouldn't be surprised if the rush on these didn't cause some network congestion and the 22gig throttling to be right around the corner.

 

[TemporaryKubotaOwnerMark]

I guess I should have clarified by not as drastically. A well put together system should have very minor difference due to weather. A hard rain will completely take out satellite internet.

Depends on the frequency. At 800MHz, not a whole lot, at 1900 MHz, it's noticeable. Doesn't apply to AT&T, but at 2.5 GHz (Sprint), it's very noticeable.

 

[TemporaryKubotaOwnerMark]

This is interesting: and troubling.

looks like a lawsuit was filed in 2016 and then a second pdf is dated January 25 2017 that includes ATT and ZTE sprint and 20 others selling the ZTE Mobley and other versions over some of the tech....

wonder whether this has anything to do with availability?

Not likely. It's a nuisance suit, designed to get the plaintiffs to pay them off rather than fight it.

 

[BigBlue1]

I hope it continues to work out for everyone that got in but the cellular industry has a track record of finding ways out of the unlimited data offers. I wouldn't be surprised if the rush on these didn't cause some network congestion and the 22gig throttling to be right around the corner.

I highly doubt that will be the case. In the overall scheme of things the few 10's of thousands (or even hundred thousand) Mobleys sold are a mere whisp compared to the millions and millions of high-end smartphones like the iPhone and Galaxy that are out there. And, believe me, people can go through a LOT of data on a smartphone with all the YouTube, Netflix, snapchat and other types of media kids use nowadays. Phone providers have all been pushing unlimited data plans like crazy in the past year. If anything causes network congestion and pushes them to cap/slow things (such as the 22GB throttle point) it will be due to smartphone usage. I wouldn't be surprised if that happens, but if it does it won't be the fault of a bunch of unlimited hotspot using Mobley folks. One thing providers have been doing is defaulting everyone to standard-definition video stream downgrading as a way to curb usage volume. For anyone on a handheld device they will never know the difference in resolution. That really reduces peoples video streaming burn rate.

As a side note, even Comcast had legal wording that they could cap people's data usage on their cable modem internet connections at something like 300GB/mo but they never implemented it except in the case of the 0.01%er folks that burned through terabytes per month.

Rob

 

[kf4uda]

I got my first bill and it was $53. I looked at the details and noticed a $25 activation fee. Nowhere in the process did they mention an activation fee. I called and talked to a very polite representative. He immediately offered to credit my account back the $25 and said whoever set it up should have done that. He said my bill will be $25 per month including the fees and taxes. I am good with that so I set it up on auto pay (although I will be watching)

So far I am happy with the device and service and recommend it as long as you are willing to endure the AT&T circus of getting it setup. I have an AC adapter for the Mobley which I highly recommend. I may also get a usb adapter as well.

 

[TomSeller]

. He said my bill will be $25 per month including the fees and taxes. .

Excuse me while I wipe the drool off of my chin.

 

[TemporaryKubotaOwnerMark]

I highly doubt that will be the case. In the overall scheme of things the few 10's of thousands (or even hundred thousand) Mobleys sold are a mere whisp compared to the millions and millions of high-end smartphones like the iPhone and Galaxy that are out there. And, believe me, people can go through a LOT of data on a smartphone with all the YouTube, Netflix, snapchat and other types of media kids use nowadays. Phone providers have all been pushing unlimited data plans like crazy in the past year. If anything causes network congestion and pushes them to cap/slow things (such as the 22GB throttle point) it will be due to smartphone usage. I wouldn't be surprised if that happens, but if it does it won't be the fault of a bunch of unlimited hotspot using Mobley folks.

I agree. The Mobley is only a Cat 3 device, max download speed of 100 Mbps. In comparison the Samsung S7 is a Cat 9, up to 450Mbps.

No, you aren't going to see 450 Mbps in the real world, but it shows how much more potential for hogging data there is with smartphones.

 

[kcflhrc]

I agree. The Mobley is only a Cat 3 device, max download speed of 100 Mbps. In comparison the Samsung S7 is a Cat 9, up to 450Mbps.

No, you aren't going to see 450 Mbps in the real world, but it shows how much more potential for hogging data there is with smartphones.

My Mobley is running about 25mbs down consistently. For $25 a month compared to the $95 a month Im paying for 3 mbs its a win win for me. I install fiber to the premise for a living for broadband and 100 mbs is more than anyone should ever need.

 

[kcflhrc]

Just got my Asus RT-N66U Dark Knight Gigabit router working with the Mobley tethered to the USB 3.0 port. My issue was the DNS setting had to be changed to 8.8.8.8 and then it took off and worked fine. In my router programming there is only one setting for DNS, no secondary DNS.

Woo Hoo, cant wait to get rid of that $95 internet bill each month.

 

[sd455dan]

Just got my Asus RT-N66U Dark Knight Gigabit router working with the Mobley tethered to the USB 3.0 port. My issue was the DNS setting had to be changed to 8.8.8.8 and then it took off and worked fine. In my router programming there is only one setting for DNS, no secondary DNS.

Woo Hoo, cant wait to get rid of that $95 internet bill each month.

now that your'e tethered - any thoughts on the download/upload speed comparison?
seems some get good increases in speed- and other folks didn't gain much. i did see the 25 meg reference, was it a lot slower before the tether

just went past my 22 gig ( day 8 - NICE to be able to stream, you tube vids ) and so far can't tell the difference...:cool2: getting about 11meg down today,
but thinking about building a DIY $10 Yagi for the mobley

I hear ya, on dropping an over priced internet service.