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Reader Reviews: Reviews of USI Wireless, Minneapolis' City-Wide Wi-Fi Internet Service

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USI Wireless

When did you sign up for USI Wireless?: 

Two months ago

Which neighborhood in Minneapolis do you live?: 

North

My Review 

Pros:

It's cheap.

Cons:

Prepaid for a year and bought the wireless antenna only to find out USI thinks they are the internet police. You can forget about file sharing, USI Wireless will slow your traffic to a crawl and send you copyright notices. You can forget about stable connections or advertised speeds as well, because you will get neither. (I live 100 feet away from their node.) Unless you like getting lag stomped, you can forget about gaming too; my 256 Kb DSL was better then this. I am trying to get a refund, but their customer service is almost nonexistent - buyers beware.

Whay kind of home do you live in? 

Duplex/Multiplex

Are you still using USI Wireless? 

Switching

Would you recommend this to a friend? 

No

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