Broadband, Netbook & MiFi Devices

[#1]

Crazy....no turn offs or disconnects yesterday OR so far today after uninstalling and reinstalling software and usb...hmmmm.

[#2]

NEVERMIND!!!  Just powered off twice in the last 5 minutes, program froze and had to use the task manager to close it......INCREDIBLY ANNOYING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Message Edited by duffycoug on 08-06-2009 06:01 AM

[#3]

Monitor signal strength by hovering mouse pointer over Signal bars icon at bottom edge of VZmanager window.

Numbers bigger than 95 , 100, 100 110 are weak and will drop your connection.

Good luck all.

[#4]

An antenna arrived last week from Verizon Free. 

It is a 5 inch window mount with 2 suction cups. 

No adapter  included.  It would not just plug in, socket miss matched.

Another call produced the needed adapter pig tail.  Adapter arrived today.

The signal is roughly 5 points better but still weak and ossilating to nothing. 

The call dropped as I type this.  Still must unplug, reinsert, reconnect.   Hopefully some less troublesome..

Speedtest.com  Avon to Chicago reports

Download .58Mb/s, Upload .44Mb/s, ping 132ms. with antenna. 

Download .25MB/s  Upload .22Mb/s, ping 119ms without antena.  Looks faster without due to ossilating poor signal....

Signal reads 93 dBm to  120 dBm here with the antenna attached. 

[#5]

Signal inside Indy is

73 to 90 dbm.  speedtest is:

Download 1.7 mb/s,  Upload .4 mb/s, ping 201ms with only the USB727 no additional antenna.  No dropped calls.

Compared to my work desktop this is still one fourth speed. 

Download 6.48 mb/s, Upload 6.48 mb/s, ping 73ms.  Wish I could have my work system at home.  That is good service.

Can ya hear me now?????

[#6]

http://www.speedtest.net/

Get a free speed test for your system connection.

See how bad your connection is.

Good luck all.

[#7]

Download Speed Test:

1.12 Mb/sec -- download

0.57 Mb/sec -- upload

Ping 97 ms

Message Edited by duffycoug on 08-10-2009 06:34 AM

[#8]

Interesting site, ping was 838 ms, download speed 0.14 mb/s and up load was 0.11 mb/s. no wonder i cant stay connected or get anything done

[#9]

Number values on ping, download and upload are so much more meaningful than icon bars and frustrating emotive language.

I am sick of paying for this rotten service.

[#10]

I DID THAT LAST WEEK, WAS GREAT FOR A FEW DAYS, THEN SAME OLD **bleep**