why would you use wifi if you have a data plan? - Page 2

**darren.wlsn1** · #11 (**permalink**) 10-13-2008, 04:33 PM

i use it in hotels. works very nice indeed

**hibby50** · #12 (**permalink**) 10-13-2008, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by land2634

Or for those of us that still live in a **shudders** 1X area...

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Originally Posted by rainfreak

I am sorry for your loss...

ding dong! It's a print guy <sprint rep takes off name tag> he says,"Sir, we regret to inform you that all the EVDO towers were knocked out in a storm, however the good news is you still have 1x." NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!

sanvara · #13 (**permalink**) 10-13-2008, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by violent31601

just wondering why you would?

My wifi speed at home is faster that my phone signal.

pierocksmysocks · #14 (**permalink**) 10-13-2008, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by violent31601

just wondering why you would?

Because our market only has 1X unfortunately. So when I'm downloading large e-mails, files, etc, I switch over to wi-fi. It's handy

nobrakes · #15 (**permalink**) 10-13-2008, 04:57 PM

Most of the time I have wifi available, I rather use a laptop.

Briz600 · #16 (**permalink**) 10-13-2008, 05:04 PM

Very bad Signal at my house. Its nice to kick on wifi when im to lazy to get up and turn on the pc

land2634 · #17 (**permalink**) 10-13-2008, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by pierocksmysocks

Because our market only has 1X unfortunately. So when I'm downloading large e-mails, files, etc, I switch over to wi-fi. It's handy

Yeah, it is sad that we are on 1X here as well. Hell, even Alltel has EVDO here. Sprint will probably give us EVDO when the rest of the world is using wimax or something.

tcatnat · #18 (**permalink**) 10-13-2008, 05:21 PM

IS there a way to keep both WiFi and EVDO active and have the device intelligently use the one with a better signal/download speed?

**indagroove** · #19 (**permalink**) 10-14-2008, 02:16 AM

I use the wifi all the time, but usually I'm pushing data to my laptop via wifirouter.

Dreading · #20 (**permalink**) 10-14-2008, 09:24 AM

I'm in the ag business and often travel to areas where I am on roam and there is no data service available (aka The Sticks). The wi-fi is a handy back-up if my hotel or a local cafe has wi-fi available.