Reviews:
 ·Stelera Wireless
| My Experience w/ Sprint's EVDO I've had mixed luck with Sprint's service. Since i'm officially 1.5 miles outside their optimum radius, I knew that I was going to need to get some beefy help. I bought a external antenna to go along with my Pantech card and Linksys router.
I got over 1mb/500K on my laptop using the window mount antenna. Not too shabby..
Now the router on the other hand, was a near disaster right out of the box.
It would run for 4 hours on average, then lock solid. I consulted the EVDOforums.com gurus and discovered that the router's firmware, which was custom built for Sprint's service was a PITA and a certified lemon.
So I turned to open source to find a answer. Luckily, there is a team on the forum that came up with a modified firmware upgrade (literally, the linksys stuff sucks!) that turned the piece of junk into a star performer.
Now I'm able to run solid, even with -98DB, in SL and EVE-Online. Second Life tends to overwhelm the connection, causing the host to reset the connection, so I have to keep the 3D monster on a tight leash.
Pricing is right up the alley, just keep in mind if you do a in-store activation of the service, they will tack on a 7/mo equipment replacement service. I'm going to keep mine, since i'm so hard on the poor things, pulling gigs of data in short periods of time.
By way of some good ole Yankee ingenuity and some terrific hackers, I got decent service in a rural area, without satellite! |
