Review by Earl_Wallace 
UPDATED: 53 days ago
member for 5.6 years, 24 visits, last login: 53 days ago
 Peyton,El Paso,CO
 $60 per month (24 month contract)
 about 3 days
 "Can take the UM150 with you on trips"
 "The latency and bandwidth are horrible"
 "Avoid if possible."
| Pre Sales Information:
Install process:
Connection reliability:
Tech Support:
Services:
Value for money:
(ratings match consensus)
|
Since I couldn't get anything else, I went with the Verizon Mobile Broadband service awhile back. I'm out here in Peyton, Colorado (25 miles northeast of Colorado Springs). When I first signed up for the service, I was getting downloads in the 1,900 to 2,200 kbps range. For the last few months, it's been more like 400-800 kbps at best. Sometimes it's as low as 176 kbps download and 70 kbps upload. I have always used an ampilifer and external antenna pointed at the Calhan Tower with the signal at -51 dbm (100% signal on the Cradlepoint MBR-1000 router).
It's getting so bad these days that I see ping times of over 3500 ms almost daily. I have tried in vain to get VoiP working, but it's hopeless because of the wild ping swings. You can tell this tower is getting overloaded, but Verizon keeps telling me the tower is fine. So I guess Verizon has decided it is not going to spend any more money in the Eastern Plains of Colorado, and you can just plan on the tower getting worst over time.
I personally can not recommend Verizon Mobile Broadband in this area any longer.
UPDATE (Oct 10, 2009): Verizon Wireless Broadband out here in Peyton is so bad that I'm about to drop it and go back to using a modem. If this $60 service was only $10 a month, it might be worth the hassle, but really, 4000 ms ping times? Give me a break.
Followup comments: | Forums » comments on review of Verizon Wireless Broadband |
|
Verizon Wireless Broadband
(18)
(14)