Cell/Wireless Service Moultonborough Neck and the Lake

[braunbayboater]

I know this thread has been about Cell service but can anyone recommend an internet service for a camp near Braun Bay. We had Fairpoint last summer and it is slow and expensive - looking for another option.

[Lakegeezer]

Properties in Braun Bay may be serviced by Time Warner Cable. Fairpoint DSL shouldn't be that expensive, especially if you purchase the lower speed services. In some areas of Moultonborough, their maximum speed is 3 Mbps and in others, it is 15. If you are far from their DSL hubs, and can only get 1 Mbps, then only buy that grade of service. The wireless services provide faster speeds than some DSL locations, but the data volume charges will raise the cost unless you are on a grandfathered unlimited service plan.

[CateP]

I use Page Plus, which uses the Verizon network. I pay $32 per month for 1200 texts and 1200 minutes plus 500 mb of data. The $55 per month plan gives you unlimited talk and text and 2gb of data. Can't justify using any other service.

[Lakegeezer]

Going with data volume plans is hard to keep inexpensive, especially if you play to use it in a residential setting. One Netflix movie can blow through a 2GB limit. Streaming music will use about 1GB per 24 hours and moving several hundred camera quality photos up or down from the cloud will use another gigabyte. Facebook, email and web browsing (non video sites) use much less data. There is also the form factor, where a laptop/pc will use more than mobile and tablets, where data is usually optimized for the smaller screens.

So, the type of applications, frequency of use and number of people in the household all go together to determine the data volume plan that works best for you.

As an example, I live in a two person household and stream in 3-5 movies per week. My monthly data consumption averages 30 gigabytes, which falls in the normal range for those with cable internet. DSL customers use less, because slower speeds discourages heavier use and cellular wireless users use the least, due to cost.

[thinkxingu]

Originally Posted by CateP

I use Page Plus, which uses the Verizon network. I pay $32 per month for 1200 texts and 1200 minutes plus 500 mb of data. The $55 per month plan gives you unlimited talk and text and 2gb of data. Can't justify using any other service.

How is the service around the lake? I have read that PP only uses Verizon's towers and can't roam. I'm currently paying $46 for Verizon month to month with 1.5 GB data and unlimited everything else.