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#553494 - 03/10/11 08:22 PM 3G, how often do you use it on ipad?
John Rougeux Offline
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Just curious, for those who have the 3G iPad, how often do you use the 3G part of it?

And if you only have a wifi model, do you wish you had the 3G part of it?

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#553503 - 03/10/11 09:04 PM Re: 3G, how often do you use it on ipad? [Re: John Rougeux]
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Humm, good question John.

I don't have an iPad - However Jaz BF does.
He uses wifi constantly when he is here, we have Road Runner Turbo + airport base station and he is always impressed about the speed.

Now since the latest up date his wifi only iPad - can use (hot spots) via his iPhone 4.

I have no idea, how much he uses this hot spot - according to Jazz, he does use it.

Anyway - if you have a wifi only iPad + iPhone - you don't need to get a 3G iPad. Unless your into Face Time Video ? ? not sure how that would work.
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#553521 - 03/10/11 10:44 PM Re: 3G, how often do you use it on ipad? [Re: carp]
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I don't believe "hot spot" is free, at least with ATT.

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#553532 - 03/11/11 12:54 AM Re: 3G, how often do you use it on ipad? [Re: John Rougeux]
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Correct. It is an additional charge.
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#553540 - 03/11/11 01:23 AM Re: 3G, how often do you use it on ipad? [Re: NucleusG4]
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Right, John and Bear.

Even if I had an iPad - I certainly would NOT pay extra for a hot spot.

I am a firm believer in 2 rates - basic and ultimate. Sorta like a salad bar, you pay for the whole she bang - not this charge extra for tomatoes, cucumbers and dressing.

Rip offs. IMO
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#553560 - 03/11/11 04:22 AM Re: 3G, how often do you use it on ipad? [Re: carp]
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Originally Posted By: carp
Right, John and Bear.

Even if I had an iPad - I certainly would NOT pay extra for a hot spot.

I am a firm believer in 2 rates - basic and ultimate. Sorta like a salad bar, you pay for the whole she bang - not this charge extra for tomatoes, cucumbers and dressing.

Rip offs. IMO


Yes and it's confusing to just what is included and how much. Talked to my Verizon store today about their Fivespot wifi gizmo. She didn't mention the exorbitant monthly cost.

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#553613 - 03/11/11 06:56 PM Re: 3G, how often do you use it on ipad? [Re: John Rougeux]
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Ok, so far no response to my question.

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#553627 - 03/11/11 10:30 PM Re: 3G, how often do you use it on ipad? [Re: John Rougeux]
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Well you sorta got half an answer.

Someone here who has an iPad, needs to answer more directly.

In fact who does have an iPad here ? I know Dave has one, I think Zwie too?
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#553721 - 03/12/11 06:48 PM Re: 3G, how often do you use it on ipad? [Re: John Rougeux]
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I have the 3G model. I don't use 3G around the house but I do use it sometimes when I'm out walking in our woods. We have a small tree farm. We use it when out and about in the car. I originally included the 3G option primarily for traveling and we use it frequently for that purpose. My wife has an iphone4 so we are currently exploring the hot spot option. All of our uses are tied together so that we don't have to maintain a monthly billing. Would I buy the 3G again? I think so unless the hot spot system proves to be affordable and more useful, that is, available when it's needed at a reasonable cost. What I don't like is having two separate blocks of data, one for the iphone and one for the ipad. If I can get one block that is larger than the sum of the current two for about the same cost and the connection speed is adequate, I will probably go to the hot spot route. The possibility of being independent of the iphone is significant to me. Even if I don't use 3G much, it is still valuable to me to have the option. Oops just noticed you've already taken the plunge. You're going to love it.

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#553791 - 03/13/11 03:03 PM Re: 3G, how often do you use it on ipad? [Re: haakon73]
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Hotspot via ATT is $45/month for 4GB of data. Ouch.

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