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Virgin Mobile Complaint - Broadband2 usually very slow - Broadband2 internet
Broadband2 internet - Complaint
I got Virgin Mobile Broadband2 for the price, $40/month with unlimited MB and no contract. The price is great but the access can be very slow. It is nice to be able to plug in my USB adapter and connect to the internet without having a wifi hot spot, but the download is really slow. Many times the internet connection will freeze with nothing going out or coming in. Then it will work adequately for a few minutes and then stop or slow down again. Watching news videos can be especially painful since it plays a few seconds and then buffers, sometimes for minutes.
I will stick with them for now, because the no contract and $40/month seems to be a deal. But the slowness of the connect can be quite frustrating.
I will stick with them for now, because the no contract and $40/month seems to be a deal. But the slowness of the connect can be quite frustrating.
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Posted by MRM on 2011-05-05:
This is the second complaint with regards to Broadband2Go. I hope Virgin Mobile will correct this problem. This is really an amazing gizmo to use without contracts.
Posted by leet60 on 2011-05-05:
While the Virgin Mobile broadband to go does offer "unlimited" MB usage, they do "throttle" back the speed once you have used 2.5GB of data. Once that cap is reached the speed will be reduced to 256KB/S, which is relatively slow.
Posted by bob93 on 2011-05-05:
I've only used 1gb this month and I still have the same problem. I will watch the speed if I approach the 2.5gb. Maybe it will come to a complete stop. Thanks for the update.
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