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<title>Xohm Usage Caps?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A friend is interested in Xohm here in the Washington, DC area. I looked over their site but could find no mention of usage caps (nor a declaration that there AREN'T any caps). Has anyone who uses the service run up against any? Any help is appreciated. Thanks! :)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-12-02 17:58:22</pubDate>
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<title>Annoying issue</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Novatel U720 - Millenicom (Sprint)
So I connect, and after around 3 1/2 - 4 minutes my EVDO signal drops out momentarily and kicks me back to 1xRTT roaming and will not return on it's own even though the debug screen shows all the same EVDO pilots.  In order to get EVDO back, I have to disconnect, and reboot the modem (unplug - plug back in), then reconnect.  Lasts for another 3 1/2 - 4 minutes at a solid -63 dbm and then the cycle continues.  It's literally somewhere in between 3 1/2 - 4 minutes every time.  Anybody else see this?  I've seen this before, and it eventually cleared up, so I'm assuming it's an isolated tower issue.  Either case, I needed somewhere to vent, as sitting here on 1xRTT is getting increasingly frustrating. :)
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<pubDate>2008-12-02 17:55:06</pubDate>
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<title>antenna adapter</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21512985</link>
<description><![CDATA[anybody know of a place where they sell the antenna adapter for the pantech um175,on a budget here so cheapest price will do]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-12-02 01:35:06</pubDate>
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<title>How&#x27;s your speed for December?</title>
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<pubDate>2008-12-01 09:29:56</pubDate>
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<title>Millenicom: Official Franklin died / UM175 swap thread</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21346962</link>
<description><![CDATA[Thread formerly titled:
Millenicom: Suspicious device death, failed authentication?

As the topic says, my Franklin CDU680 suffered a suspicious death at about 1845EST tonight.

Signal and speeds were good, then I was suddenly disconnected.  Trying to reconnect yielded nothing but "network timeout" and "data service not available" errors.  Looking at the debug screen gave me a reason to call support.  In the AN_AAA Status box, constant flashes of "Failed Authentication".  I knew this wasnt good.  I literally spend 100% of my airtime in roam, and I figured I was cut off for bypassing the rumored caps, and roaming to boot.  I rebooted several times, adjusted settings, removed/replaced the device and did everything to make sure it wasnt on my end, including using my Sprint phone locked onto the same roaming tower to confirm EVDO was still active.

A 2045EST call to Millenicom support lasted only a few minutes.  About a minute on hold got me to "Andy".  I described how my device suddenly died, and was immediately told to please hold.  I assume the rep was trying to hit mute but missed the button so I heard static but several clear words: "...kill Ricky...terminating these devices...another one...".  "Andy" came back to the phone and gave me the short answer: "Your device is dead, we will ship you another one."  He confirmed my address and told me 3-5 days.  A thank you by me and the call was ended.

I am curious as to exactly what "Ricky" did.  I'm also curious to know exactly what happened to my device.  Working fine one minute, then "Failed Authentication" the next.  Physically the device hasnt changed, nor has the displayed signal strength.  I just simply can no longer connect.

I'm wondering what uid://1039413 knows that he slightly let slip in another thread.  I'm wondering if my old device was killed for excessive roaming, and my new device will be Alltel native?

Any thoughts?
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<pubDate>2008-10-29 21:20:41</pubDate>
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<title>The power of Xohm</title>
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<description><![CDATA[In Building:

  

Outside:

  

Last Test Date:
    10/3/2008
Total Tests Taken:
    17
Fastest Download:
    5490 kb/s
Fastest Upload:
    2183 kb/s
Average Download:
    3687 kb/s
Average Upload:
    1368 kb/s]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-10-03 17:38:12</pubDate>
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<title>Clearwire wants your help!!</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21508282</link>
<description><![CDATA[From the Clearwire Conf. Call they said customers can email them telling where they want service to launch. Here is the email address: getclear@clearwire.com

"Let's Be Clear"             "It's Clearly the Choice"]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-12-01 10:20:43</pubDate>
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<title>How&#x27;s your speed for November?</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21363759</link>
<description><![CDATA[Tower loading is killing me! Last night I was down to 400 down and ~500 up. I even saw >900 pings. I figure there were 3 of us on it.

This morning

  

Now

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<pubDate>2008-11-02 10:55:56</pubDate>
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<title>Sprint aircards incompatible w/Acer computers!?</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21251511</link>
<description><![CDATA[A word of warning! I purchased an Acer laptop and after installing Sprint View from my Sierra 597 USB modem the touchpad and keyboard stopped working. I returned it to Best Buy and a Geek Squad guy said Acers have this issue with aircards, they cause the keyboard and touchpad to no longer appear to Vista.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-10-11 15:41:42</pubDate>
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<title>Sprint Mobile Broadband Packet Loss</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21487128</link>
<description><![CDATA[I've been having problems at my company with one of our exec's getting disconnected from our Terminal Server every few minutes.  I've tried to explain that the EVDO cards are not a 100% solution and he can't expect to be connected without issues.  

Problem is, when I started checking out the problems with the laptop, I found severe packet loss through the Sprint connection.

pingplotter image: http://redcrosscolumbus.org/www.google.com.png

I have used 4 different Sprint cards (Sierra 595U x2, Compass 597, and Pantec PX500) and two different laptops (HP6320 an HP4200) from two different locations/towers (43205 and 43062).  Singnal strength on each connection was 80-100% and -40 to -80 dBm.

This image is consistent with every connection I made with all cards on both laptops.

Is this normal behaviour for Sprint?  I spoke to the basic Tier 1 support at Sprint yesterday and the second I mentioned that I was connecting to Terminal Server, he told me that Sprint won't support applications like VPN/Terminal Server and can only support web browsing!

He also had me do a couple speed tests and the speed was up to par with Rev A  (2000 down and 200 up).  Once he heard that the speed tests came back OK, he pretty much said there was nothing more they could do for me (reading from a script, I suppose!)

Is there a problem with the internal Sprint network?  The problems always start at the 3rd or 4th jump on the trace and they are all internal Sprint routers/switches.

My next step is to check a couple Verizon cards I own to see if they act the same.

Edit:  Forgot to say that I tried with and without software firewalls (ZA and Comodo) and also tried turning off all other network connections on the laptops.  I also tried with the installed Sprint Smartview software and just by using the Windows network connection.

On all card, I made sure I was running the latest PRL's and Smartview Software.  The first Sprint support person I spoke to even had me reset one card back to the factory settings and try again.  That didn't fix anything.

Ideas? Any help is appreciated.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-11-26 09:55:28</pubDate>
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