savillehill
join:2002-01-16
Lexington, VA
| reply to bigdawwg
Re: Hughesnet VS Verizon EV-DO
said by bigdawwg  :Lots of trees and hills. I am 9 to 10 miles from the tower, and by Verizon's coverage map, I'm 3 miles out of their coverage area. I'm also out of Verizon's coverage map and in the middle of a forest of trees... Verizon's rep convinced me to try wireless with no risk (True!). I've been running Broadband Access (Rev-A) with a USB720 modem sitting on top of the desktop for over two months. Total cost about 25 bucks to get on line and I haven't looked back
This is a typical report... I'm happy to have closed my Earthlink/Hughes connection. Terrible performance for the past year (after nearly seven years with Earthlink). Prior to cancellation we had twelve straight days of no performace at all (thanks to an unrequested transponder switch)... the old Hughes DW4000 hardware was, and still is, perfectly fine.
Good luck with your wireless.
Ron
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Ron at savillehill, Verizon Broadband Access (Rev-A) via USB720 modem, networking Vista Home host 3.0GHz 2GB ram, ptp ICS cross-over net with WinXP client, IE6.0. Never assume anything! |
