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A comment on Karma - pay as you go data by sharing your hotspot.

Re:Karma - pay as you go data by sharing your hotspot by driverdan on Tuesday December 04, 2012 @12:38PM (#4872070)
A good idea but with far too little bandwidth. 1GB / 100MB is nothing. Between syncing git repos, remote backup, Dropbox, and heavy web browsing (not including Netflix) I go through at least 5GB a day. I'll stick with Clear's own access point at $50/m for unlimited access. It works pretty well in most cities but can be sensitive to positioning.
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Re:Karma - pay as you go data by sharing your hotspot by jerf on Tuesday December 04, 2012 @01:29PM (#4872403)
You are the 1%.
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Re:Karma - pay as you go data by sharing your hotspot by digeridoo on Tuesday December 04, 2012 @02:47PM (#4872883)
or the future of the remaining 99%...
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Re:Karma - pay as you go data by sharing your hotspot by lnanek2 on Tuesday December 04, 2012 @10:56PM (#4874777)
The idea is worthless if no one has to buy, remember. The whole idea is to give out a little free to get people connected and hooked, let them use up their data, then charge the hell out of them.

I think it's awesome, by the way. It basically the freemium model that is kicking ass in software right now, ported over to the real world.

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