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.
I use verizon wireless as a backup to my cable internet to trade intraday forex futures 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. http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/mobilebroadband/?page=plans
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.
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.
Does anyone have experience with http://www.clear.com/ ? Im thinking of giving them a try on my trading PC.
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.
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.