Poker anywhere with Rogers or Bell Stick?

BlondeFish

Has anybody played online poker using any of the mobile Internet services such as Rogers Rocket, Bell Turbo Stick, Cogeco Wi-Fi hotspots, Fido or Telus?

RAM_Eh

I play all the time with my Fido card.

They are shipping me the new USB stick today. I will let you know if it works.

Steiner

I have a Rogers Stick and it works fine, albeit Rogers and Fido are really the same company.

trigs

i was thinking of using one of these as well. are they really expensive? what are the monthly costs like for this? i'd mostly be using it for poker.

T8urmoney

trigs;195419 wrotei was thinking of using one of these as well. are they really expensive? what are the monthly costs like for this? i'd mostly be using it for poker.

Ditto, was thinking about this as well. If using just for poker, what size of plan do you need?

westside8

Addicts...

Hobbes

Rogers has a sliding plan.

http://www.rogers.com/web/content/wireless-plans/iphone_card_plans#frp

DennisG

Hmm..I recall a buddy talking about his Telus stick....he left it with another friend down in Vegas who was using it for online poker....the data transfer is huge with poker, live streams, etc...and he got a major bill for time used... I would check that..

Hobbes

Ihaveyourname;195449 wroteHmm..I recall a buddy talking about his Telus stick....he left it with another friend down in Vegas who was using it for online poker....the data transfer is huge with poker, live streams, etc...and he got a major bill for time used... I would check that..

Sure it wasn't cause he was using the sick in vegas. Roaming charges apply to the data plans too.

westside8

Hobbes;195450 wroteSure it wasn't cause he was using the sick in vegas. Roaming charges apply to the data plans too.

Let's not talk about roaming...I just got my phone bill for the month of July while I was in Vegas.

Hobbes

westside8;195454 wroteLet's not talk about roaming...I just got my phone bill for the month of July while I was in Vegas.

and you need to head to BCC?

westside8

Hobbes;195457 wroteand you need to head to BCC?

Online will do for now =)

Ok..seriously back on topic. I know a few guys who have used this stick to play online poker (in the US). I only know 1 person who has this in Canada and he's with Rogers - no complaints from him yet with reliability, but just like everything else, the transfer speed is obviously still a tad slow.

Personally, I prefer to tether my laptop with my Blackberry right now, as I do have a 6GB dataplan with my Blackberry and I have yet to see the need to get a stick on top of that data plan.

DennisG

Hobbes;195450 wroteSure it wasn't cause he was using the sick in vegas. Roaming charges apply to the data plans too.

Umm.that is likely it on that count..he was definitely playing in Vegas....bill was about 9k...lmfao

I know when I spoke to Telus aobut one for my laptop, and told them what I wanted...they told me it wasn't a good idea, as any streaming data would just cost ridiculous amounts...

T8urmoney

westside8;195454 wroteLet's not talk about roaming...I just got my phone bill for the month of July while I was in Vegas.

Phack....no shiite....going to have to set up a plan next time, or buy pay & go phone while down there for calls & texting.

T8urmoney

Ihaveyourname;195475 wroteUmm.that is likely it on that count..he was definitely playing in Vegas....bill was about 9k...lmfao

I know when I spoke to Telus aobut one for my laptop, and told them what I wanted...they told me it wasn't a good idea, as any streaming data would just cost ridiculous amounts...

Yeah, didn't realize roaming charges would be on there. Just about got talked into getting one for the roadtrip to Vegas (play while driving)....glad I didn't now.

I was under the impression the data would be small for online poker.....can someone confirm this.

BlondeFish

A -EV gambooler won the Lotto 6/49 jackpot this weekend and was asked what he would spend the $20.4 million on:

"A wireless Internet stick for his laptop." :biggrin:

Dead Money;195382 wroteI play all the time with my Fido card.
They are shipping me the new USB stick today. I will let you know if it works.

actyper

After I read the first sentence, I thought you had won the lottery!!! :)

Muddguts

So, has anyone made any inquiries or tried playing poker with one of these sticks first hand? Was also at work today daydreaming of playing poker while on the assembly line.

beach2002

Sorry cant speak about a turbo stick but just a word of warning, I called bell in regards to tethering my laptop to my blackberry and most data plans dont allow this and the extra charges are crazy.

RAM_Eh

labeach2002;203222 wroteSorry cant speak about a turbo stick but just a word of warning, I called bell in regards to tethering my laptop to my blackberry and most data plans dont allow this and the extra charges are crazy.

I looked into tethering with a I Phone with Fido. They allow it with a special plan. It only ups the basic data plan by 5 bucks. Well worth the 5 bucks.

Most data plans...after all the fees are around 50 bucks