dbirdman
Premium,MVM
join:2003-07-07
Eureka, CA
| reply to DSL_Dreamer5
Re: [DW7000] Hughesnet Replacement with Mobile Broadband
I have Hughes, iDirect, and Sprint Broadband. In general, I'm finding the Sprint coverage charts to be fairly dependable. Where they show Orange I get EVDO that is always better than Hughes, and while never as fast as my iDirect it is better for VPN, secure sites, etc. Uploads from 100 to 800, and downloads from 600 to 1250. Interestingly (at least to me), in the places where I have the highest downloads I see the lowest uploads; 125/1250, for example, when I've also seen 800/800.
Outside the Orange, in the Green areas, it is significantly worse than I ever see on Hughes if not FAPped. In grey areas it is essentially not there at all.
The map shows Orange radiating out from Ridgecrest covering the general InyoKern area. The problem is that they show some spots of grey there. Looking at topo maps for the area I'm not sure what is causing them. Looks like grey in Inyokern proper, and north along Brown road to Leliter road. Sort of along the west China Lake boundary.
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DSL_Dreamer5
join:2005-05-11
Inyokern, CA
| Thanks for all the comments!
Yeah dbirdman, I'm close to the edge of coverage - near Leliter. There is a cell tower not too far away, but I think the problem is lots of elevation changes and hills and holes that shade some areas around here.
Sure sounds like it may be worth a try at least.
Good luck to all!
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