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$34 per month avg ($34 to $34)

Speed test results 3 year trend
Review by whamel See Profile
UPDATED: 1.1 years ago
member for 6.4 years, 1716 visits, last login: 8 days ago


Chicago,Cook,IL
$59 per month (24 month contract)
about 1 days
"Verizon customer support friendly, OK speeds if you use EVDO rev.A in strong signal area"
"EXPENSIVE, speeds too inconsistent while moving faster than 10mph"
"Go w/ for Verizon only if you get voice & data together, it's cheaper. ALSO make sure your wireless card is EVDO rev.A"
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    My Other Reviews·RCN CABLE
    ·Comcast Formerly ..
    So after a few days of testing, of which I will update again soon, I have been averaging just about what they claim, 700kbps, with burstable speeds of, well, I don't know....I did see a top speed of 3000kbps in my log, but I don't know if it's possible. However, when I am in an area with great coverage, I can easily average 1500kbps consistently. Below is my plan, all the features included, the hardware I use, and what I pay for. Also I have some ping times below.

    Data Plan: BROADBANDACCESS PROMO UNLIMITED $59.99 2YR 0805
    Hardware: USB720
    Monthly Access $59.99/mo
    0.08% ACCESS DISCOUNT
    UNLIMITED MB ALLOWANCE $0.00
    Additional Peak Minutes* $0.25/min
    *Outside the national or Broadbandaccess enhanced service and coverage rate area.

    Features
    BROADBANDACCESS UNLIMITED USE- $0.00
    CALL DELIVERY- $0.00
    NATIONAL ACCESS ROAMING- $0.00
    NATIONALACCESS UNLIMITED- $0.00
    NEW EVERY TWO MULTI TIER- $0.00
    STREAMLINED BILLING- $0.00
    TXT MSG W PER MSG CHARGES- $0.00
    WPP ASURION INSURANCE - $4.99/mo
    $0.15 Per Text Message sent or received
    1XEVDO REV.A SPEED COVERAGE

    Heres a "tracert" or Trace Route to www.dslreports.com with a signal strength of -70dBm:
    Tracing route to dslreports.com [209.123.109.175] over a maximum of 30 hops:

    1 77 ms 69 ms 73 ms 4.sub-66-174-52.myvzw.com [66.174.52.4]
    2 * * * Request timed out.
    3 80 ms 92 ms 73 ms 113.sub-66-174-176.myvzw.com [66.174.176.113]
    4 78 ms 73 ms 71 ms 65.sub-66-174-52.myvzw.com [66.174.52.65]
    5 76 ms 73 ms 74 ms 99.sub-66-174-180.myvzw.com [66.174.180.99]
    6 103 ms 73 ms 76 ms 161.sub-66-174-52.myvzw.com [66.174.52.161]
    7 118 ms 114 ms 118 ms 25.sub-66-174-99.myvzw.com [66.174.99.25]
    8 122 ms 119 ms 114 ms 65.sub-66-174-98.myvzw.com [66.174.98.65]
    9 302 ms 220 ms 240 ms 4.79.182.21
    10 114 ms 119 ms 119 ms ae-13-55.car3.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.68.122.143]

    11 126 ms 139 ms 119 ms gr1-a340s2.wswdc.ip.att.net [192.205.34.137]
    12 150 ms 139 ms 140 ms tbr2.dlstx.ip.att.net [12.122.86.210]
    13 147 ms 143 ms 202 ms tbr1.sl9mo.ip.att.net [12.122.10.89]
    14 146 ms 147 ms 144 ms tbr1.wswdc.ip.att.net [12.122.10.29]
    15 156 ms 118 ms 141 ms 12.122.16.5
    16 155 ms 142 ms 138 ms cr2.n54ny.ip.att.net [12.122.3.37]
    17 142 ms 145 ms 143 ms 12.122.16.214
    18 147 ms 143 ms 125 ms 12.122.84.53
    19 132 ms 138 ms 138 ms att-gige.esd1.nwr.nac.net [12.119.140.26]
    20 150 ms 139 ms 152 ms 3.ge-3-0-0.gbr2.nwr.nac.net [209.123.11.189]
    21 146 ms 137 ms 174 ms 0.so-0-3-0.gbr1.oct.nac.net [209.123.11.233]
    22 148 ms 144 ms 141 ms www.dslreports.com [209.123.109.175]

    TO VIEW A SCREENSHOT OF REAL-TIME DOWNLOAD/UPLOAD STATS, AND TO VIEW MY WIRELESS CARDS HARDWARE SPECS, PLEASE VISIT:
    »www.billhamel.net/vzw/speed.jpg
    Peace, for now....

    Followup comments:
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    ke4pym

    join:2004-07-24
    Charlotte, NC
    ·RoadRunner Cable
    ·Verizon BroadbandA..
    ·Packet8
    ·Vonage

    Ping times

    Your ping times are interesting. I thought RevA was supposed to lower the ping times.

    I'm using a Rev0 card (KPC650) and just pulled

    175ms
    188ms
    181ms
    190ms

    to www.broadbandreports.com

    I've found the speed to be reliable at 80MPH. The connection was consistent for the hour and a half I tried it between Titusville and Daytona Beach last summer. Granted I was on 1x, but the connection was solid. I was using a SSH session and doing surfing of lighter weight web sites.
    permalink · 2007-07-30 13:41:55 · Reply to this

    whamel
    Premium
    join:2002-05-09
    Clarendon Hills, IL
    ·RCN CABLE
    ·Verizon BroadbandA..
    ·Comcast Formerly ..

    Re: Ping times

    Interesting you mention that because I was at about -75dB signal strength, stationary, and not doing anything else when generating those ping times. However, when I run a "tracert", I notice that to get to the dslreports.com server I have 19 hops, and literally the 2nd hop on my Verizon network is in Philly...MIND you that I am in Chicago too. I don't have my card handy now, but I will post the tracert when I get to it. It's odd because I go from Philly to NY, back to Chicago to NY again...just don't get it.
    permalink · 2007-07-30 13:56:19 · Print · Reply to this
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