Lucradia
February 2nd, 2011, 10:31 AM
I was just wondering. What do you think is the best deal of these two:
A.) Get an Android Tablet, throttle up my cable internet to the 69.99 USD /mo 25 Mbps download 3 Mbps upload, so I can game better.
Or
B.) Get an android plan of 119 or so USD a month, no gaming, get rid of my cable Internet, and cable phone?
I can't have both. Note that the Plan A. would be cheaper, due to it being 69.99 + 14.99 USD/mo. I don't travel a lot, and when I do, there's usually a wifi point I can connect to. Gaming cannot be tethered easily without harsh fees above the normal rate:
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For people who support tethering:
260 KB/sec average on a 3D MMORPG. That's about 0.25390625 Megabytes of Data. Follow along the usage track:
This is considering 5 Hours a day:
0.25390625 * 60 = 15.234375 MB an hour
15.234375 * 5 = 76.171875 MB a day
76.171875 * 7 = 533.203125 MB a week
533.203125 * 4.5 = 2,399.41406 MB (or 2.4 GB) a month. (Carriers usually round up to the nearest megabyte)
Verizon's plan of 110 or so USD a month on Unlim. Talk and Text + 20 USD a month for the tether plan.
Seeing as I'd use the phone for video as well, IE: Youtube, video uploads, etc. Maybe every month or two, it would also rack up the MB usage. So in all, I'd probably be paying another 20 USD on top of that all.
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I will not tether as such. Plan B. would allow me to call my power company, surf web at pretty much everywhere (Like the tablet), stream videos if needed, and more. Cable Phone here doesn't allow me to call the power plant in case of a power outage, as the cable modem is required for the phone to work. So there are goods and bads to each plan. if I'm a gamer, I'd go with plan A. If I'm a normal everyday person with lots of friends, or go to events, travel a lot, I'd go with plan B. But I want to hear what your opinions are on this, one final time.
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I've made my decision to acquire an android phone on Verizon: The DROID BIONIC.
A.) Get an Android Tablet, throttle up my cable internet to the 69.99 USD /mo 25 Mbps download 3 Mbps upload, so I can game better.
Or
B.) Get an android plan of 119 or so USD a month, no gaming, get rid of my cable Internet, and cable phone?
I can't have both. Note that the Plan A. would be cheaper, due to it being 69.99 + 14.99 USD/mo. I don't travel a lot, and when I do, there's usually a wifi point I can connect to. Gaming cannot be tethered easily without harsh fees above the normal rate:
=====
For people who support tethering:
260 KB/sec average on a 3D MMORPG. That's about 0.25390625 Megabytes of Data. Follow along the usage track:
This is considering 5 Hours a day:
0.25390625 * 60 = 15.234375 MB an hour
15.234375 * 5 = 76.171875 MB a day
76.171875 * 7 = 533.203125 MB a week
533.203125 * 4.5 = 2,399.41406 MB (or 2.4 GB) a month. (Carriers usually round up to the nearest megabyte)
Verizon's plan of 110 or so USD a month on Unlim. Talk and Text + 20 USD a month for the tether plan.
Seeing as I'd use the phone for video as well, IE: Youtube, video uploads, etc. Maybe every month or two, it would also rack up the MB usage. So in all, I'd probably be paying another 20 USD on top of that all.
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I will not tether as such. Plan B. would allow me to call my power company, surf web at pretty much everywhere (Like the tablet), stream videos if needed, and more. Cable Phone here doesn't allow me to call the power plant in case of a power outage, as the cable modem is required for the phone to work. So there are goods and bads to each plan. if I'm a gamer, I'd go with plan A. If I'm a normal everyday person with lots of friends, or go to events, travel a lot, I'd go with plan B. But I want to hear what your opinions are on this, one final time.
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I've made my decision to acquire an android phone on Verizon: The DROID BIONIC.