Comment Does anyone else use sprint for free? (Score 2, Informative) 346
I have a cell phone plan that doesn't limit data access at all.
Sprint has an 'unlimited vision' plan added to my phone, and I get internet through their network. The speed isn't so bad, and it is even better if you have extra image compression (done on sprint's side to minimize image file sizes, which bothers some, but can be turned off). I only travel to large-ish cities and haven't really run into an area without their 'vision' (3G isn't it?) service.
Because nothing I need is very latency specific, I have often considered killing my cable modem. The cell phone cable was $5 from eBay (go look, USB cables for any phone can be had for next to nothing), connects to my USB port, I dial #777 with my phone authenticating my account (no user/pass).
-bortbox
Sprint has an 'unlimited vision' plan added to my phone, and I get internet through their network. The speed isn't so bad, and it is even better if you have extra image compression (done on sprint's side to minimize image file sizes, which bothers some, but can be turned off). I only travel to large-ish cities and haven't really run into an area without their 'vision' (3G isn't it?) service.
Because nothing I need is very latency specific, I have often considered killing my cable modem. The cell phone cable was $5 from eBay (go look, USB cables for any phone can be had for next to nothing), connects to my USB port, I dial #777 with my phone authenticating my account (no user/pass).
-bortbox
