Re: Mobile providers in the US for backup access

[Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net>]

*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. 




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From: "Owen DeLong" <owen () delong com> 
To: "Mike Hammett" <nanog () ics-il net> 
Cc: "NANOG" <nanog () 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 () ics-il net> wrote: 
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> I'd look at FreedomPOP's Netgear 341U. $20 - $50 NRC, single digit MRC for low usage. 
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> From: "Dovid Bender" <dovid () telecurve com> 
> To: "NANOG" <nanog () nanog org> 
> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2016 1:16:56 PM 
> Subject: Mobile providers in the US for backup access 
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> 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? 
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> TIA. 
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> Dovid