What's the best company for wireless internet?

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blackbeard

I have zero experience using cell phone companies thumb drives for computers. Out of all the cell phone companies, which one offers the best wirless internet for computers?
-I want something that gets great signal, is very fast, reliable company and is a solid piece of hardware.


-What company, data package, hardware do you use or recommend?
 
If you will be trading, you might want faster than wireless.

But, depends on your trading style (short-term vs swing trading, long-term, etc).

If execution isn't that important, wireless I guess.
 
I have a vacation home that I've been spending lots of my freetime at. I'm going to install another trading computer there so I can spend more time there. The problem is there is no high speed Internet. Everybody around there uses the little thumb drive/USB "cell phone company" wireless Internet. I have no experience using them.

What is the best company, package deal, product etc for trading application.
 
consider yourself lucky that you don't know much about it.

i have three free developer demo/trials right now and 3G or 4G or LTE - they are all horrible.
 
Quote from southbeach4me:

I use verizon wireless to trade intraday forex and S&P e-mini.
Verizon broadband wireless averages over 900kbs download and 300kbs upload, which is plenty for the daytrader who is following less than 20 symbols at any given time.

$60 per month for 5Gb.....just don't be any downloading video crap
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Wow, they cap it at 5Gb? I was under the impression a year ago that you could download all you want etc. I'm not going to be using it for surfing, but 5Gb sounds awfully small.
 
Quote from blackbeard:

Wow, they cap it at 5Gb? I was under the impression a year ago that you could download all you want etc. I'm not going to be using it for surfing, but 5Gb sounds awfully small.
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Sprints 4G mobile hotspot does not have a cap.

OldTrader
 
Look at Millenicom's advanced plan. They use Verizon's network and have a 20G limit for $59.99 with no contract. This is a 3G service.

I went the Millenicom route in June after using Verizon for many years. I don't see any difference.

The member's forum "Internet Access on the Road" on the www.escapees.com site (for rvers) has a decent discussion on the options.
 
Quote from rcj:

Does anyone have experience with
http://www.clear.com/ ?

Im thinking of giving them a try on my trading PC.
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I use Clear. It's wonderful in more urban areas where you have a clean 4G signal. Fast, reliable, etc.

Unfortunately, in my suburban home... it frankly sucks. Signal goes in and out. Their software shows acceptable signal quality (3 out of 5 bars), but that doesn't keep it from dropping TCP connections a few times an hour. Perhaps not a big deal for other applications (browsing the web?), but pretty much unacceptable for this.
 
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