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Originally Posted by digiblur  Well cellular 3G is much better than any satellite connection. Plus with cell carriers you usually get a 1-2 week trial to return and pay for the days you used it. |
I don't really understand how it is much better when 3G runs from 600k to 1.4M and its 59.99 per month with a 5,120 MB per month download limit before you have to pay additional. The ping times may be just a little better but the speeds compared to Hughes or Wildblue are comparable. Also with the download limits if you break it down into days 5120/30=170MB per day while Hughes has 200MB per day on the lowest package which is also 59.99 and is 1MB down. Wildblues 69.99 package which is $10 More but you get 12,000MB down in a months time. Thats almost 2.5 times more. If you went to 12,000MB in a months time with 3G it is an additional $344
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The equipment cost for satellite yes is a bit more, but satellite internet reaches more locations than 3G in America.