"Mobile Internet Broadband" via Verizon cell connection

[Dave Beatty]

I picked up a PCMCIA card from Verizon during
a presentation Verizon made at the Mariners
game yesterday. This Notebook Card provides
access for a retail cost of $79 per month to
their new to the Seattle/Tacoma area EVDO
Service. I have been testing the speed and
it is great from my home in Federal Way.
Download is over 1000 while upload is over 100.

I am heading out today to a PNW Bird Retreat on
the Pacific Coast. I will be testing as we
travel and be giving a report for sure when I
return.

If the Broadband EVDO is not available, Verizon
cell service has 2 level to throttle back to.

1) EVDO = 1000+ download
2) NationalAccess = 100+ download
3) Quick = 14 download

The Quick is good enough for email and very
painful surfing.

Should be an interesting test.

Verizon gave me 30 days free and the card
which is available for $49 after rebates
they also gave to me (plus 500+ over
attendees to their Seattle rollout of
the EVDO Service).

__________________
Dave Beatty
83 FC35SB (BirdCage)
Federal Way, Washington State

[Tom McCarthy]

Dave, I have had mine since the beta started in San Diego (upgraded
to current when it went commercial). I never use dial up anymore,
in fact, do not have an ISP for dial up.

Speed are great in EVDO areas. Just a tip, you need to run the setup
wizard regularly to update the areas that they convert to broadband
or it will use the 1X slower service. I believe it is found in the
setting tab.

If your Verizon cell does not work in an area, neither will the EVDO
card, only drawback I've found but their netwrok has great coverage.

Tom McCarthy
95 PT42


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Beatty"
<beattyd@y...> wrote:
> I picked up a PCMCIA card from Verizon during
> a presentation Verizon made at the Mariners
> game yesterday. This Notebook Card provides
> access for a retail cost of $79 per month to
> their new to the Seattle/Tacoma area EVDO
> Service. I have been testing the speed and
> it is great from my home in Federal Way.
> Download is over 1000 while upload is over 100.
>
> I am heading out today to a PNW Bird Retreat on
> the Pacific Coast. I will be testing as we
> travel and be giving a report for sure when I
> return.
>
> If the Broadband EVDO is not available, Verizon
> cell service has 2 level to throttle back to.
>
> 1) EVDO = 1000+ download
> 2) NationalAccess = 100+ download
> 3) Quick = 14 download
>
> The Quick is good enough for email and very
> painful surfing.
>
> Should be an interesting test.
>
> Verizon gave me 30 days free and the card
> which is available for $49 after rebates
> they also gave to me (plus 500+ over
> attendees to their Seattle rollout of
> the EVDO Service).
>
> __________________
> Dave Beatty
> 83 FC35SB (BirdCage)
> Federal Way, Washington State