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What provider? Is this the Verison card?
Signal stregnth is going to be a big factor here as well.
Also if it's dual band are you ever hitting 1900mhz? I am
guessing it's GSM/GPRS and if it is which band you are on
makes a huge difference in speed.
Vern
On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 08:50:41 -0400
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> This post got migrated from another bulletin board so
>pertinent information was lacking.
>
> This is not WIFI or 802.xx. It is a plug in card that
>I'm trying out that
> uses the Cellphone Technology to give you connection
>anywhere. Dual band
> 800/1900 MHz.
> $60 per month unlimited usage and free hardware with 2
>year contract.
> Coverage currently is most cities and towns and along
>freeways and highways.
> It is degraded by the number of people using your local
>cell but it has
> never run more than 120K which is pretty bad for a
>system they advertise as
> "up to 2.4M" One would expect say 50% worst case, not
>5%.
> I figured it is about the same cost as my DSL although
>rated at half the
> speed but it would be a good substitute considering the
>portability. So far
> it is a dead loss. I contacted Embarq and they said to
>take it to the local
> store and have them check it out which I will do today.
> I'll report
> results.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ann-Marie Foster,
>
>
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>> I think the wireless speed is mostly slowed by
>> the number of users on that hub at any given time.
>> Try it again at 03:00 and see if the speed is
>> faster. Also, the 802.11G speed is very much
>> affected by the security setting. If you can, set
>> it up for no security at all and check the speed.
>>
>> Eric Thompson
>> S/V Procrastinator
>> South San Francisco
>>
>
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