[ale] Linux supported air card works!
William Fragakis
william at fragakis.com
Mon Dec 29 18:13:10 EST 2008
sooo... since, with two teenagers, I'm already spending a ton with
Verizon, what speeds are you experiencing?
thanks,
William
On Sat, 2008-12-27 at 08:37 -0500, Jim Kinney wrote:
> Yay! I'm glad to hear it's working well for you. I have had no problem
> with the USB gizmo I got from Verizon either. The new NetworkManger
> stuff in Fedora9 and 10 are super easy for use with cell modems. All I
> had to do was put in my number at conection-address and it was off to the
> races. I have used the dual USB cable to provide extra power when the
> cell signal is weak. Luckily my laptop has 3 USB ports.
>
> Now if my Treo 650 worked as well....
>
> And yes, Verizon spends all of their customer service training budget
> on their nerd w/glasses ads.
>
> On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 9:02 PM, Jim Lynch
> <ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com> wrote:
> I have been using a Verizon aircard for a while now with mixed
> results.
> It suffered from frequent disconnects, poor performance and
> occasional
> drops. While it wasn't great, it worked better than nothing.
> A couple
> of months ago I was speaking with a customer service rep about
> my
> frustration with the frequently disconnects and she suggested
> I sign up
> for the "Broadband" service which was faster and didn't cost
> any more.
> Oh and incidentally I could get a new pcmcia aircard which
> would take
> advantage of the faster service if I wanted. I was
> unimpressed with the
> new "Broadband" service I upgraded to wrt speed, bit it was a
> bit more
> reliable, not a lot however.
>
> I recently traveled to Orlando and found I had left the
> aircard at
> home. I needed internet access while there and decided to
> check out the
> new aircard the lady mentioned. I went to a Verizon store and
> talked
> with the guy there. English was his second language, as it
> was for all
> the clerks in that store (Kissimmee). I was the only one
> speaking
> English in the entire place. But I regress.
>
> So he didn't seem to think that I'd see much improvement in
> speed and
> asked another clerk about it and they agreed. They said
> something about
> Rev A being a bit faster. I have no idea what Rev A is.
>
> But since I needed access and the cost was $50 with a $50
> rebate for an
> extended 2 year contract, I decided that wasn't a problem.
>
> I have to tell you that was the best $50/2 year commitment I
> ever made.
> I was able to connect and communicate at very respectable
> speeds all
> week with no drops, no problems what so ever.
>
> I subsequently took the laptop to my boat which is located at
> a marina
> on St. Simons Island and where communications is usually
> seriously
> compromised. It again performed flawlessly and with far
> better speed
> than at any time before. Nary a disconnect.
>
> As a note, I chose Verizon for both my wireless data
> connection and my
> cell phone provider because I do use the boat to cruise up and
> down the
> coast. Cruisers in that area report that Verizon has the best
> coverage
> of that area. I don't necessarily think their customer
> service is
> exceptional or even very good. But coverage is pretty
> important, IMHO.
> I do have both VHF and HF onboard so I have multiple
> communications
> backup, but safety at sea can never be too much.
>
> Oh and thanks to (I think) Jim Kinney for the original pointer
> to the
> wvdial parameters that made it work on Linux.
>
> Jim.
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