Now that no-contract hotspots are fairly cheap (about for a ZTE z288L or z289C compatible with StraightTalk's /30day-1gig plan), I'm thinking about buying one to keep handy in case Hurricane/TS Erika knocks U-verse and T-Mobile data offline.
Does anybody have any particular opinion about which carrier (AT&T or Verizon) is likely to have the most robust storm-hardened backhaul and enough backup power to keep the tower (and everything upstream) working during an extended regional power outage?
For what it's worth, Verizon's mobile switching center for South Florida is about 3 miles from my house. I'm not necessarily sure whether that's a good thing or a bad thing at hurricane-time.
Also, is it reasonable to assume that data service using Verizon or AT&T through StraightTalk might be throttled, but is not itself any more likely to be affected by regional power loss or storm damage than the underlying network itself? Or does Verizon/AT&T split off StraightTalk's traffic right at the tower & leave it up to them to handle their own backhaul arrangements? I like to THINK that the traffic is all VPN'ed from the tower to their regional network center and split off to MVNOs there... but I don't know for sure.
By the way, I just got off a chat with someone at StraightTalk who explicitly said that the following devices can NOT be used with their hotspot data plans:
Verizon Novatel USB727 USB 3G data card
Verizon Novatel 4510L and 5510L Jetpack hotspots
... and said pretty much point blank that BYOD doesn't apply to hotspots or data modems, and that ONLY StraightTalk-branded hotspots can be used with their hotspot plan.
Does anybody have any particular opinion about which carrier (AT&T or Verizon) is likely to have the most robust storm-hardened backhaul and enough backup power to keep the tower (and everything upstream) working during an extended regional power outage?
For what it's worth, Verizon's mobile switching center for South Florida is about 3 miles from my house. I'm not necessarily sure whether that's a good thing or a bad thing at hurricane-time.
Also, is it reasonable to assume that data service using Verizon or AT&T through StraightTalk might be throttled, but is not itself any more likely to be affected by regional power loss or storm damage than the underlying network itself? Or does Verizon/AT&T split off StraightTalk's traffic right at the tower & leave it up to them to handle their own backhaul arrangements? I like to THINK that the traffic is all VPN'ed from the tower to their regional network center and split off to MVNOs there... but I don't know for sure.
By the way, I just got off a chat with someone at StraightTalk who explicitly said that the following devices can NOT be used with their hotspot data plans:
Verizon Novatel USB727 USB 3G data card
Verizon Novatel 4510L and 5510L Jetpack hotspots
... and said pretty much point blank that BYOD doesn't apply to hotspots or data modems, and that ONLY StraightTalk-branded hotspots can be used with their hotspot plan.
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