Mobile providers in the US for backup access

Eric Kuhnke eric.kuhnke at gmail.com
Wed Apr 20 21:22:01 UTC 2016


ting is owned/run by tucows, who are now also doing a 1Gb (GPON?)
residential single home FTTH project...

http://www.fiercetelecom.com/europe/tags/tucows

On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 2:18 PM, Josh Reynolds <josh at kyneticwifi.com> wrote:

> Ting's support is the BEST support I've ever had in the IT industry. I
> event ended up in a long discussion with one of the reps about custom
> roms :P
>
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 3:59 PM, Mike Hammett <nanog at ics-il.net> wrote:
> > *shrugs* Seems to work here, though if Ting uses T-Mo and Sprint, I
> suppose Ting's more likely to have a good signal.
> >
> > I don't expect much support on a $6 mobile wireless service.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----
> > Mike Hammett
> > Intelligent Computing Solutions
> > http://www.ics-il.com
> >
> >
> >
> > Midwest Internet Exchange
> > http://www.midwest-ix.com
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >
> > From: "Owen DeLong" <owen at delong.com>
> > To: "Mike Hammett" <nanog at ics-il.net>
> > Cc: "NANOG" <nanog at nanog.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2016 1:42:44 PM
> > Subject: Re: Mobile providers in the US for backup access
> >
> > I had horrible experience when I tried to use Freedom POP many years ago.
> >
> > Their customer service is awful and completely uncooperative. Their
> equipment did not work well
> > in my environment at all.
> >
> > I would not wish them on my worst enemy.
> >
> > Owen
> >
> >> On Apr 20, 2016, at 1:35 PM, Mike Hammett <nanog at ics-il.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> I'd look at FreedomPOP's Netgear 341U. $20 - $50 NRC, single digit MRC
> for low usage.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----
> >> Mike Hammett
> >> Intelligent Computing Solutions
> >> http://www.ics-il.com
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Midwest Internet Exchange
> >> http://www.midwest-ix.com
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >>
> >> From: "Dovid Bender" <dovid at telecurve.com>
> >> To: "NANOG" <nanog at nanog.org>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2016 1:16:56 PM
> >> Subject: Mobile providers in the US for backup access
> >>
> >> A while ago some people mentioned that some US carriers have basic
> internet
> >> plans for backup access to their equipment. A few questions:
> >> 1) Do they give you a public IP per connection or do you tunnel back to
> a
> >> central location and then connect via the tunnel?
> >> 2) Which carriers offer this and what kind of devices do you use to
> >> connect? Is it simply a GSM card on a "MyFi" like device? We have lots
> of
> >> Pi's out there that we want backup access to.
> >> 3) Can you send off list contacts and pricing that you have gotten in
> the
> >> past?
> >>
> >> TIA.
> >>
> >> Dovid
> >
> >
>



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