DSL_Dreamer5
join:2005-05-11
Inyokern, CA
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Re: [DW7000] Hughesnet Replacement with Mobile Broadband
I was in the Verizon Broadband coverage area and we have a local store.
I'm trying the $59.99/month 5GB allowed service. I get one to two bars, but the service is very slow. Even by HN standards:
VERIZON EVDO TEST
:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Download Connection is:: 130 Kbps about 0.1 Mbps (tested with 1013 kB)
Download Speed is:: 16 kB/s
Tested From:: »testmy.net/ (Main)
Test Time:: 2008/05/26 - 4:43pm
Bottom Line:: 2X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 64 sec
Tested from a 1013 kB file and took 63.766 seconds to complete
Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 15.03 % of your hosts average (myvzw.com)
I'll try it for 30 days, but if I can't get any faster I'll cancel.
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dbirdman
Premium,MVM
join:2003-07-07
Eureka, CA
| What card did you get? Does it show values for 1xRTT and also for EVDO? Those speeds would indicate you are only getting a 1x signal. If you take it outside, do you do better? Worth finding out if you can get true EVDO with an antenna and/or booster.
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DSL_Dreamer5
join:2005-05-11
Inyokern, CA
| It is the USB727. It does have a jack for external ant.
I'll see if I can boost the sig with another antenna, or borrow my wife's laptop and go up on the roof.
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Gregg K1
join:2005-04-03
Mendocino, CA
 ·Verizon Wireless B..
| reply to dbirdman
Actually, my reply was pretty blank.
I had one or two bars at best on my Sprint mobile usb thingie. And I was using from within my rv. So take my previous post with that in mind. Although I see others saying similar things.
Damn, this directway/hughes system is really sucking these days. I just have to find an alternative. |
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dbirdman
Premium,MVM
join:2003-07-07
Eureka, CA
| Interesting that you can't get EVDO in Coquille - shows a nice Orange on the map. But the nature of all wireless is that it can be capricious. I'm currently in Brookings (actually Harbor) and it is a true 1X area; I get 96K with 400ms pings.
Same thing up in North Bend at the Casino (actually somewhat worse).
However a month ago I spent 3 days at Bullard's Beach State Park, in a Green area down the Coquille, and I had a nice 1100K EVDO signal. Good thing, because I was blocked for satellite by trees in all directions!
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