http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20806682 en Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:32:04 EDT Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:32:04 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20806682 just2stoned : Here's a comparison of before and after an antenna booster installation for my alltel wireless access card. Right now I get 2-3 bars and about 80kb/s downloads avg.

Before:


2:30pm EST
After:


I have 98% signal now with 4 solid bars! Wow did it ever make a difference! My antenna is a rather cheap one from wpsantennas.com.

antenna: Franklin CDU-680 RF antenna ($39.95)
adapter: WA-1025 ($14.95)

These are for the huwaei ec228 only! These pings aren't true to the service. Pinging from my HOST PC I ping google like this:
C:\Users\*******>ping -t www.google.com

Pinging www.l.google.com [64.233.167.147] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 64.233.167.147: bytes=32 time=103ms TTL=245
Reply from 64.233.167.147: bytes=32 time=112ms TTL=245
Reply from 64.233.167.147: bytes=32 time=103ms TTL=245
Reply from 64.233.167.147: bytes=32 time=107ms TTL=245
Reply from 64.233.167.147: bytes=32 time=96ms TTL=245
Reply from 64.233.167.147: bytes=32 time=111ms TTL=245
Reply from 64.233.167.147: bytes=32 time=115ms TTL=245
Reply from 64.233.167.147: bytes=32 time=107ms TTL=245
Reply from 64.233.167.147: bytes=32 time=126ms TTL=245
Reply from 64.233.167.147: bytes=32 time=107ms TTL=245

Ping statistics for 64.233.***.***:
Packets: Sent = 10, Received = 10, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 96ms, Maximum = 126ms, Average = 108ms

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