2011/3/12 Kirk Wallace <[email protected]>: > Cell data was very slow and very expensive so > I haven't looked into it for a couple of years.
I had a miserable speed too until last year they upgraded "my" base station to 3G, which I did not really hope for, because I also live in rural area pretty far from "civilization". And if the network coverage is weak, then at least here they are selling modems that already have a connector for external antenna. Since members of this list are people with at least some degree of technical skills, I think that asking a soldering gun to help in adding a "support" for bigger antenna might not be the biggest problem. Now I am using 3G/GSM modem, but before that I had a CDMA (which AFAIK is a lot more popular in US than GSM) modem and with external antenna I had a signal from a base station ~20 km away (my house is surrounded by trees and the topology also is against me, so with better conditions the results can be even better). Signal strength was not that bad, but I gave up due to disruptions in connection - internet was working for 5 min, then not working for 5 min, then working again and so on. When working, the speed was really good, but the instability really pissed me and other family members off. So my conclusion is -You don't get, if You don't ask. It might be worth checking again. And weak network coverage can be solved for modem. Viesturs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
