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Review by Rob0289 
Posted: 256 days ago
member for 2.2 years, 3 visits, last login: 75 days ago
 Fort Pierce,Saint Lucie,FL
 $50 per month
 about 120 days
 "Good service on the go or anywhere, also on the road, good connection"
 "coverage is VERY good but when you hit a spot your connection will be degraded"
 "Mom and dad have hughes net and i have Wireless. my phone ATT Tilt connects with Verizon and provides great connectivity"
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I have the ATT Tilt. when switched to The H instead of 3G the speeds are great
pakage is included with the unlimited data for 50 dallors.
I use a program WMWiFi.com to connect. its very stable
I am useing it right now. if any questions just go to
XDA Developers
Rob
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Poughkeepsie, NY | You aren't making sense It is impossible for your AT&T Tilt to connect to Verizon Wireless.
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Review by psbny
Posted: 264 days ago
member for 7.9 years, 1154 visits, last login: a few minutes ago
Peekskill,Westchester,NY
 Business customer
Contract price not specified.
"haven't experienced any dead zones yet"
"not very fast compared to wireline"
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use it for work and they pay for it so i can't complain. i'd like it to be quicker but it's sufficient compared to what i had before.
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Review by (hidden by request)
Posted: 267 days ago
(review was emailed from domain gmail.com)
Silverado,Orange,CA
$60 per month (24 month contract)
"It's all I can get, short of Wildblue sat."
"Slow. Expensive."
"Better than dialup, but not much. Only game in town."
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Got Verizon broadband b/c no DSL or cable was available at my location.
Didn't want to commit to Wildblue sat internet.
Was able to stand dial up again for about two weeks, then had to get the
cellular broadband.
Got a Verizon USB727 USM modem, with a Cradlepoint router and a big OMNI
antenna to mount on the house.
W/o antenna, got 1 bar or less, and no speed. W/antenna getting 4/5 bars,
and 1X speed. Not sure they offer the faster EVDO in my location. Got moden
at Verizon store, and router and antenna from 3GStore.com.
Seems to be lots of lag (latency?) in system, but much better than dial up.
Latency to server: 152mS
D/L speed to local Los Angeles is 191Kbps
U/L 24Kbps
Better than dial up, but lots of room for improvement.
Cheers.
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Autaugaville, AL | 1X speeds Try locking your Vz card in HDR only mode,also a powered
repeater may be what it takes to reach 4+ bars. | |
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Review by sswheeler
UPDATED: 269 days ago
member for 3.2 years, 17 visits, last login: 256 days ago
Carlisle,Warren,IA
$59 per month (24 month contract)
about 1 days
"Great Product for country folk"
"Price"
"Great"
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This was the cheapest option for me, no equipment to buy. It really works well.
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Review by sharksfan3
Posted: 269 days ago
member for 5.7 years, 2139 visits, last login: a few hours ago
Poughkeepsie,Dutchess,NY
Contract price not specified.
"Great for mobile access, large coverage"
"SLOW speeds."
"If you are looking for dialup like mobile access look here."
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My work provides me with this VZW card for use with a company issued laptop. It is too slow for anything other than the occasional exchange/vpn access. Its very painful to send email attachments of any size, access webinars, or anything other than browsing basic websites. I usually end up taking my personal AT&T card with me if I need high speed access away from home.
As a quick test with a 1200k flash video stream:
on AT&T 3G it played perfectly.
on VZW EVDO it wouldn't even buffer.
on the free hotel internet it was very choppy.
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Review by cfordtx
Posted: 274 days ago
member for 274 days, 9 visits, last login: 118 days ago
Fort Stockton,Pecos,TX
$59 per month (24 month contract)
about 1 days
"Great if you live in a rural area with limited choices"
"My connection speeds are MUCH slower than advertised. The connection is hard to configure"
"The connection is reliable but I am disappointed with the speed."
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I am not particularly happy with Verizon (Alltel). I am using the Huawei EC168 modem. I have had to reinstall the modem twice in the last week and every time I did it, it installed differently than the time before. Now I have it installed properly (I think) but I am experiencing far slower speeds than the advertised 3.5mbps. In fact, it has speeds comparable to the old ISDN service. I have yet to find any information on how to boost my speeds. No tech support that I can find either.
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Review by rshelps
UPDATED: 296 days ago
member for 296 days, 1 visits, last login: 107 days ago
Quakertown,Bucks,PA
$60 per month (2 month contract)
about 1 days
"Reliable, Not affected by weather, fast-Down 2.3-5/ Up 200-500"
"Kind of pricey but don't have DSL and won't have sattelite"
"Great for my needs-Good Choice"
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I been very happy with Verizon wireless broadband. upgrading from Rev 0 to Rev A has been great. Rev 0 was: Down, 600-700 kbps/ Up 90.
Rev A is Down 1.5-2.3 Mbps/ Up 200-500 kbps.
Service is reliable, signal has improved with verizon upgrades and small internal antenna. 65-70 db. Not affected by weather, a little by line-of sight leaves in summer. I live in a DSL gap but would not consider Satellite.
Quick log in 1-2 seconds. Low latency. I transfer lots of data.
$60/m for 5-10 GB/m. I use a USB727 modem.and like it vs my old kyocera modem which seemed to stall on downloads.
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Review by xljk6
UPDATED: 302 days ago
member for 302 days, 0 visits, last login: 302 days ago
Englewood,Arapahoe,CO
Business customer
$60 per month
"better than nothing"
"slow, unreliable"
"get something else"
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Chosen by my employer - large company
Sometimes OK connection in the center of the city.
Often says "connected" but does not work - must retry connection multiple times.
Drops connection randomly.
Speed is fair when connection is good (rare), otherwise is like dial-up with bad copper.
Connection quality varies wildly from minute to minute even when sitting still in "good signal" areas.
Have had this service for two years, used two different "modem" cards in three different laptops. Now have a different wireless service that actually works.
Bottom line: sending bits by smoke signal would be more reliable, and usually faster. If you have any other choice, take it.
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Review by toddnc4300
UPDATED: 306 days ago
member for 6.9 years, 74 visits, last login: 306 days ago
Bakersville,Mitchell,NC
$60 per month (24 month contract)
about 5 days
"Much much faster than my dial-up! Easier then satellite! Mobility!"
"price, usage limits*"
"Great option for those whose only choices are slow dial-up or complicated sometime unreliable two way satellite"
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First of all my only two choices were dial-up which ran at max 28.8k and satellite. I had a one way satellite system for a while but they sold out then shut down service. One way was fine except if you needed to reset the dish it could be a pain. I followed two way satellite for two years and the problems people had plus the fact that I was hours away from an installer were enough to keep me from even trying. So I went from years of dial-up to one way satellite for a few years then back to dial-up again for several years till I found Verizon had a signal in my area.
I checked and rechecked the coverage maps for a week before ordering from 3gstore. The 30 day trial is what made me pull the trigger and I ordered on a Friday and the modem was here the following Tuesday. I loaded the software, plugged in the modem when instructed and got a signal! A weak signal but there signal! From opening the box to connecting to the internet it was probably under 10 minutes. After that I started to work on getting a better signal by using a 10 foot usb cord and placing the modem and the booster antenna in different locations. I finally got a good signal and have a spot where they sit when using this computer. I can easily unplug and use it in my laptop or any other computer.
Most of the time the speeds are great ! I have posted a few speed tests in the Verizon Wireless forums. Every once in a while it downgrades to a slower speed but usually you can fix that by shutting down the modem and powering it back up. I haven't used it too often mobile but the few times I used it in my laptop it connected quickly and ran great.
Usually see 800Kb/s to 1500Kb/s Down and 400 Kb/s UP latency can jump around from 80's to upper 200's but usually in the mid to upper 100's.
$59.00 a month plus some taxes and other junk brings it to $60.07.
I gave the Value for money a 4 because I got in before the ridiculous overage charges so I'm not effected. I would probably still use the service if I got in after but would watch my usage and would give the value a 2 or 3.
Other options I considered were Wildblue or Hughsnet satellite.
Ordering from 3GStore was easy and installation was a breeze so I didn't need and contact or help from them.
I ordered the USB720 which was the newer modem at the time. Still works fine and don't think I will upgrade since I think upgrading resets my contract.
My good and bad experiences. Hmmm.
Good , SPEED ! Ease of use and being mobile plug and surf! Try that with a satellite dish!! Has been very reliable.
Bad. Well I guess the price and It can drop a signal once in a while or slow down. They really don't want you to play games, watch videos, streaming etc.
It's not really a replacement for an ISP so you will need to use hotmail, gmail or another ISP. In my case I just kept my Earthlink dial-up service so I could continue to use my email addresses.
Bottom line is I think it's a great service for me. With dial-up if family sent me photos through email I would sit there for over 20 minutes watching and waiting for them download so I would usually go do something else then come back. With Verizon Wireless I hardly notice it downloaded pictures. When buying a MP3 from Amazon. Dial-up 20 minutes , Verizon 1min 20sec or so.
Pre Sales. -- Well I read the fine print and other peoples comments on these and other forums so I knew what I was getting so 5 stars.
Install was easy for me.-- 5 stars
Connection reliability.-- 4 stars. every once in a while it will switch to a slower signal but not too often.
Tech Support.-- never had to use. should be a N/A option but I gave it 4 stars
Services -- 4 stars because no email or any other services but it connects to the internet! That is what's important!
Value -- Once again I give it 4 stars because I got in before the ridiculous overage charges or I would give it a 2 or 3 stars.
I bypassed Verizon and got mine from 3Gstore.com Lots of good information there also.
* Watch the new usage limits in the contract! They can really nail you for going over 5gb. I'm lucky that I got in before that !
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Review by WVBill
Posted: 308 days ago
member for 1.4 years, 381 visits, last login: a few hours ago
Summit Point,Jefferson,WV
$59 per month (48 month contract)
about 3 days
"Very reliable connection"
"none"
"If you can pull in a signal, it's MUCH better than Hughesnet in a rural area."
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I had Hughesnet satellite for three years before I switched. After one week-long outage when the satellite I was on went down, I started looking hard for a broadband alternative. Looked at WISP but they wanted $125 just to come do a site survey to see if I could get their signal. Looked at all the EVDO providers coverage maps and the only one that was close was Verizon - their map showed coverage up to the state line, about 1/2 mile from my house. Read up on fringe coverage at EVDOforums.com and decided to give it a try. Ordered my Verizon service and a booster antenna from 3Gstore.com. 3 Days later, I got a fully functional Verizon U727 modem in the mail. Plugged it into the computer, plugged the booster antenna into it and I was on line. Connection was a little intermittent so I returned the booster antenna and got a directional yagi antenna and the signal has been rock solid since. I get 1,000Kb down and 450Kb up on average with a 300ms latency.
3Gstore.com has awsome sales and tech support and I highly recommend them.
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