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Cheap alternative to Google Maps + GPS

Maybe others don't have this problem, but sometimes when I come out of a pub/club in London after celbrating another glorious Scottish footballing victory, I have no idea where I am. It's nice to rely on Google maps and my GPS to help me out (assuming my diminished brain functions are up to it), but on the Orange 30MB tariff that blows goats.
Has anyone found a nice cheap/free alternative that would give us city street maps in storage and integrate with the GPS too?
Ferg.

GPS starts at $99 USD for a full blown system. then it's yours for life. sure it's not free, but it's not that bad either.

GPS
If your brain is not up to snuff, then perhaps you should not be driving... Call a Cab.

Perhaps limit your post football rampages to pubs that offer free WiFi?

Jim_R said:
Perhaps limit your post football rampages to pubs that offer free WiFi?
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Careful Jim, we've got you outnumbered
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By the way that's Fergus with the odd colored (mis-spelled for the US market) shoes
Mike

Hehehe. Sorry, I neglected to say that I need the software primarily for going by foot and tracking my position!
I find that TomTom aint that hot when you're going by foot.
Like the pic Mike. Hopefully we'll get some more similar ones from Switz/Austria. ;-)

If I were you, I am English and probably wont have to travel much after events in Moscow , I would cough up to Orange for a SIM unlock and then stick a T-Mobile PAYG SIM in it and be happy that for a maxiumum of £1 per day I would have "unlimited" mobile data.
Memory Map uses offline maps but they are £££ unless you go looking in the dark side of the Interweb. If you have Autoroute on your PC you can install Pocket Streets. These last 2 options involve you manually preinstalling the map areas you will need. I have found that the size of map needed is directly proportional to Alcohol intake

Slow 4g speed

I've tried the Charge and Thunderbolt along with the Revo, and for some reason the 4g on the Revo is less that half the speed of the other devices using the Speedtest app. Someone on another forum commented about this as well. Do you folks think this is a radio issue that can be fixed? Otherwise, I'll be taking the Revo back.
Thanks!

What is your dl speed because in all honesty any dl above 3 MB/sec is overkill. Here in SE TX mine avgs. 8 down/5 up. Try another server it does vary greatly. Remember it is a burst speed and is dependant on how many users are on a tower plus other factors beyond your control. A true OC-3 speed of 20 down /20 up runs about $20,000 a month for a business.

I'm always between 8 - 11 down and 4 - 6 up out here in Charleston, SC
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Average 4G speed around my home is 8-12 dwn, 5-9 up.
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drutman said:
What is your dl speed because in all honesty any dl above 3 MB/sec is overkill. Here in SE TX mine avgs. 8 down/5 up. Try another server it does vary greatly. Remember it is a burst speed and is dependant on how many users are on a tower plus other factors beyond your control. A true OC-3 speed of 20 down /20 up runs about $20,000 a month for a business.
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Verizon probably has run their own fiber to their towers... and they are probably running OC-12 or 24 lines.
Hehehe... had to block the isp, as we are our own... That is shared with 1500 other users...
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4G LTE in Milwaukee is VERY fast.
Near the airport, strong constant 20-30mbps and 4-9mbps up.
I have yet to venture to Madison yet or Wisconsin Dells, as those are the other two major city's in WI to have LTE setup.
on a side note, I will say with my first LG which was borked and stuck with the stock shipping software my downloads were some what slower then my new one with the current stock software. 15mbps max on the old software and 30mbps with the new software.

Using Nexus 6 for Home Internet

Looking to get rid of satellite internet since T-Mobile has very strong LTE access at my house.
Does anyone use a Nexus 6 as their home internet gateway? I have 2 desktops and a laptop that I would be connecting to it. As well as a Google Chromebox.
If you do use it for your home internet, I know you can edit the sqlite code to not use the tethered data.... and take advantage of the unlimited plan.
The question I have is if you use this method, are you happy with it?

I have a truly unlimited plan from Verizon and usually do my gaming from my phone so my other devices don't take bandwidth and I don't lag. I also have a verizon MiFi to watch Netflix and for the tablets and laptops around the house .
I don't have issue with it I just don't think T Mobile really has "unlimited" they will throttle you.
But to me using my phone is no different than using the MiFi. I would much rather have high speed internet at my house but that's not going to happen anytime in the near future unfortunately.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/0...ited-data-customers-using-p2p-on-its-network/
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DebianDog said:
I have a truly unlimited plan from Verizon and usually do my gaming from my phone so my other devices don't take bandwidth and I don't lag. I also have a verizon MiFi to watch Netflix and for the tablets and laptops around the house .
I don't have issue with it I just don't think T Mobile really has "unlimited" they will throttle you.
But to me using my phone is no different than using the MiFi. I would much rather have high speed internet at my house but that's not going to happen anytime in the near future unfortunately.
Sent from my Nexus 6
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well crap.
how much internet do you use would you say on your laptops and everything? I do have a satellite with a 25gb cap possibly getting installed tomorrow.

Honestly no idea because it's a business account that my work pays for and it's unlimited I don't have access to what it's using it doesn't show it on the device.
But I have burned over 40 gigs on my verizon account this month via the phone.
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Holy download speeds Batman!

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Where? And wow I guess I do need an upgrade. Regular 4g is slow compared to that!
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Use DL Booster and you can see speeds like 75+ Mbps! Depends on Wifi+LTE speed though.

are you in a wideband area or is this only with the download booster (wifi+lte)

I was actually able to hit 100mbps on the T mobile network no download booster on speedtest. Ya i know doesnt mean much without a picture but I'm at work. Either way I was amazed

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I was actually able to hit 100mbps on the T mobile network no download booster on speedtest. Ya i know doesnt mean much without a picture but I'm at work. Either way I was amazed
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Jeeze, the most I have ever gotten on Tmo in my entire life is like 30mbs down, lol.. is that a constant speed?

100mbps? I'd have to see it to believe it. I have gotten over 50 before, but nothing close to a 100. I have gotten over 75 with Verizon. Honestly, it's fast but not like a huge difference from 30 imho.

JesseMT4G said:
100mbps? I'd have to see it to believe it. I have gotten over 50 before, but nothing close to a 100. I have gotten over 75 with Verizon. Honestly, it's fast but not like a huge difference from 30 imho.
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Here you go I was blown away. My T-Mobile service has been better where I live than my Verizon service stronger signal and faster data.
I couldn't figure out how to upload a picture so here's a link from my result that I shared to Ookla. In that area it was pretty constant between 80-100mbps. At home I only get 10, but that's about as low as it gets in my area.
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/a/1231714750

Well, I guess I shall eat crow. That's impressive!

Here's mine.. Network 3 in UK 8

T-Mobile , Jacksonville, FL

This was LTE only no WiFi Booster.

[Q] Verizon S8+ WiFi connection slow?

Hello guys,
I have been a long time member of this great community with many devices through the years, but due to being busy with life and work did not get to be the daily lurker around here any more
Sorry if this has been asked many times.
I have Verizon Fios 150/150 at home, and use Verizon wireless router around the apartment. Every wireless device I have (laptops, iPads, wife iPhone) score nice 130-150mbps on my wireless network, only my new S8+ struggles around 30-40 download and 90-100 upload. And downloading apps from Google store is a pain in the rear. On 4G LTE it flies through the downloads..
My device is stock, unrooted and on last AQG4 update.
Is this a common issue with this phone?
My last T-Mobile S5 was way faster on my same speed WiFi.
Thanks guys!

mahanddeem said:
Hello guys,
I have been a long time member of this great community with many devices through the years, but due to being busy with life and work did not get to be the daily lurker around here any more
Sorry if this has been asked many times.
I have Verizon Fios 150/150 at home, and use Verizon wireless router around the apartment. Every wireless device I have (laptops, iPads, wife iPhone) score nice 130-150mbps on my wireless network, only my new S8+ struggles around 30-40 download and 90-100 upload. And downloading apps from Google store is a pain in the rear. On 4G LTE it flies through the downloads..
My device is stock, unrooted and on last AQG4 update.
Is this a common issue with this phone?
My last T-Mobile S5 was way faster on my same speed WiFi.
Thanks guys!
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Nope! It should not be a common issue! In fact, I just ran a speed test on mine. I got 94 Mbps down and 35 up. I only have 100 Mbps service though. Are you sure you're using the AC 5 GHz band of your router? If not you may be limited for 54 Mbps.
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