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Set my dad up for homefusion for xmasI set my dad up for HomeFusion service for xmas and he absolutely loves it. My dad lives in an area with no DSL, no cable, nothing.. VZW turned on 4G in the local town and luckily it stretches out to where he is in the country..
The weird thing is that technically he can't get the service. He lives in a rural area in west Ohio, while I live in Pittsburgh. I have FIOS at my house and I was eligible for this service, yet my father isn't. Weird huh? So I had them install it at my house and I then transplanted the gear to his house. He then called into VZW and took over the account and changed the address with no issues.
I mentioned he loves it.. He's able to get 2.5MB/sec downloads at times and latency is around 100ms for most websites. With his ATT 3G service he needed to use a repeater to get the service and even then it was high latency 250ms+ (native to 3g tech) and slow speeds. He is only on the 10gig plan which stinks, but it's better than what he has and costs the same as ATT. |
buckweet1980 |
Forgot to mention I think the the limited availability has to do with installers. VZW isn't allowing for self install currently, which is sad because the solution is very very easy to install. You have the outside cantenna which is then fed via RG6 coax to the inside devices. Inside there is a power pack which sends power up to the cantenna and then also the wireless AP/switch with a MoCA interface.
The actual router functionality sits in the Cantenna and the inside device is really just a bridge. The two units do work together though as they control each other.
Another thing I experienced is that when they found he wasn't elgible for the service at his house they said 'why not get a mifi'.. I was like sure if you give me the same plan rates as the HomeFusion, but they weren't willing to do this. $60 for homefusion or 80+ for a MiFi.. So I went ahead and had them install homefusion at my home and then transplanted it. |