[167230] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Question related to Cellular Data and restrictions..
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jared Mauch)
Wed Dec 4 17:53:45 2013
From: Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net>
In-Reply-To: <DDD72C179CB5E043BCB41A24A01BD48F271CE710@RUMBX1.rockefeller.edu>
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2013 17:52:58 -0500
To: Jack Vizelter <jack@mail.rockefeller.edu>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Traveling, I usually see better data performance natively on a network =
vs roaming.
In "outlying" areas, such as Maine, Alaska, Hawaii, you're better off =
using a local telco. More likely to have better coverage.
- Jared
On Dec 4, 2013, at 5:45 PM, Jack Vizelter <jack@mail.rockefeller.edu> =
wrote:
> In my experience, nationwide, typically just means the continental 48 =
states, for the most part.=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
> ________________________________________
> From: Jay Ashworth [jra@baylink.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2013 5:20 PM
> To: NANOG
> Subject: Re: Question related to Cellular Data and restrictions..
>=20
>> Have any of you experienced or been subjected to a "domestic data
>> roaming policy"? I am a customer of a carrier who advertises
>> "Unlimited Nationwide 4G data", but limits their customers to 50MB =
per
>> month while traveling in an area they do not have coverage (Alaska,
>> for example). I've never heard of such a policy in regards to a
>> "Nationwide" plan.. I thought the entire idea of saying nationwide =
was
>> to represent you were covering the ENTIRE NATION.
>=20
> I believe you will find that any carrier says "Nationwide means where =
we
> have coverage, and unlimited means 'if you're on our towers'."
>=20
> Cheers,
> -- jra
> --
> Make Election Day a federal holiday: http://wh.gov/lBm94 100k sigs by =
12/14
>=20
> Jay R. Ashworth Baylink =
jra@baylink.com
> Designer The Things I Think =
RFC 2100
> Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land =
Rover DII
> St Petersburg FL USA #natog +1 727 =
647 1274
>=20
>=20
