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Hey unity. If I were you I would hop on over to http://booster-antenna.com/ and look at their antennas. I have heard that the antenna will increase your signal and in turn increase the speed as well. I have seen people on the EVDO plans get faster speeds than what you are getting and it could be that your signal could be just a little bit stronger. But again the antennas aren't too expensive and if it doesn't help you could always send it back.

ok....and could you clarify the price?

$60 for each of the 3 cards plus tax and fees?

$49.99 per card plus tax... a bit over $150 all together... bill will come later for service. Mail in rebates for $49.99 off of each card, so cards will be free

Right, but you can't game on satellite...and I don't believe anyone said it was the same as DSL or Cable... I recall saying that IF I could get either one, I would have it... as far as mobile and hotspots, I don't want to have to go to a hotspot to get high speed... I want to get it at home and at work...

I really believe unitychild knows the price and you have stated it's the price your not willing to pay, why continue on this trying to convince unitychild? She has an advantage over you, she has tried both systems and likes what she has. The other user you are taking about is jeffwalker9999 and he said "Adverage Speeed(s) ** from hands on useage **
Download at 650 to 880 K Baud
Upload at 175 to 290 K Baud

Has a bad habbit of ping loss at 2nd hop
and ping times of 220 ms to 1470 ms

In general no major issues".

Another voice from experience in actual use of the card. In my research it's said by using an exterior antenna you can increase your speed and works by getting the strongest signal possible. Be nice if Hughes worked that way  but getting the strongest on sat means more stability.

4:20 Am PST
-88 dB Signal and EVDO REV A

PING >>>>>>>> PING >>>>>>>
C:\Documents and Settings\Jeff Walker>ping testmy.net
Pinging testmy.net [67.18.179.85] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=42ms TTL=54
Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=39ms TTL=54
Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=39ms TTL=54
Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=39ms TTL=54

Ping statistics for 67.18.179.85:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 39ms, Maximum = 42ms, Average = 39ms


Tracert >>>>>>>>> Tracert >>>>>>>>
C:\Documents and Settings\Jeff Walker>tracert www.testmy.net
Tracing route to www.testmy.net [67.18.179.85] over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1   480 ms   280 ms   710 ms  68.28.49.69
  2     *        *        *     Request timed out. >>>>>>> does this all the time >>>
  3   299 ms   399 ms   359 ms  68.28.51.54
  4   298 ms   319 ms   338 ms  68.28.51.6
  5   317 ms   360 ms   358 ms  68.28.51.17
  6   312 ms   360 ms   321 ms  sl-gw26-stk-2-0.sprintlink.net [144.223.50.89]
  7   381 ms   317 ms   319 ms  sl-bb20-stk-8-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.4.114]
  8   338 ms   380 ms   339 ms  sl-bb20-sj-9-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.20.99]
  9   316 ms   319 ms   320 ms  0.so-5-3-0.BR1.SCL2.ALTER.NET [204.255.169.145]
 10   379 ms   320 ms   317 ms  0.so-2-0-0.XL1.SCL2.ALTER.NET [152.63.57.50]
 11   352 ms   499 ms   361 ms  0.so-7-0-0.XL3.DFW13.ALTER.NET [152.63.98.77]
 12   398 ms   379 ms   560 ms  POS6-0.GW1.DFW13.ALTER.NET [152.63.103.85]
 13   379 ms   361 ms   358 ms  theplanet-gw.customer.alter.net [157.130.143.226]
 14   356 ms   359 ms   359 ms  vl32.dsr02.dllstx3.theplanet.com [70.85.127.62]
 15   356 ms   359 ms   358 ms  vl42.dsr02.dllstx4.theplanet.com [70.85.127.91]
 16   356 ms   378 ms   359 ms  gi1-0-2.car17.dllstx4.theplanet.com [67.18.116.85]
 17   378 ms   417 ms   421 ms  55.b3.1243.static.theplanet.com [67.18.179.85]
Trace complete.

>>>>> IPV6 Protocol >>>>>>>> IPV6 >>>>>> IPV6 >>>>
( It always pings at quite higher times )

C:\Documents and Settings\Jeff Walker>tracert -6 www.sixxs.org
Tracing route to noc.sixxs.net [2001:838:1:1:210:dcff:fe20:7c7c]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     *        *        *     Request timed out.
  2   866 ms   935 ms  1377 ms  sl-bb1v6-rly-t-1002.sprintv6.net [2001:440:1239:1003::2]
  3  3126 ms  3315 ms  3257 ms  sl-bb1v6-bru-t-1000.sprintv6.net [2001:440:1239:1002::2]
  4  3238 ms  2039 ms   687 ms  2001:440:eeee:ffe4::2
  5  1904 ms   959 ms  1539 ms  so-1-1-2.dus11.ip6.tiscali.net [2001:668:0:2::100]
  6  2117 ms  2540 ms  2739 ms  so-0-0-0.ams22.ip6.tiscali.net [2001:668:0:2::1:122]
  7  2399 ms  1837 ms  2163 ms  pos-7-5-0.ams11.ip6.tiscali.net [2001:668:0:2::630]
  8  1647 ms  3250 ms   840 ms  ge6-2-0.br0.ams3.nl.GBxs.net [2001:7f8:1::a500:9009:1]
  9  1457 ms   707 ms   941 ms  ams-ix.ipv6.concepts.nl [2001:7f8:1::a501:2871:1]
 10   818 ms   787 ms   700 ms  se1.breda.ipv6.concepts-ict.net [2001:838:0:10::2]
 11   658 ms   621 ms   637 ms  noc.sixxs.net [2001:838:1:1:210:dcff:fe20:7c7c]

Trace complete.

To ReClassify ------------
"Adverage Speeed(s) ** from hands on useage **
Download at 650 to 880 K Baud
Upload at 175 to 290 K Baud

**** Yes signal does make a difference in the speed you connect at ***
and the protocol you use to connect ----

It likes to switch to 1xRTT if signal is low

Again ------
I have been on Sprint's EVDO ----June 2006 to Current

1 (one) novatel s620 pcmcia card and $62.57 monthly fee

  
If I can help you out more PM Me

Theres my first post to her about EVDO......guess since I'm looking at the big picture and not posting any different because unity is a female? Had it been me that posted the exact same lingo about getting the Sprint deal, the post would have been attacked and flamed at just as most are. The pings look better than sat at the moment, but would honestly think they will increase during peak usage time.My point about the cost is the way the deal reads if she didn't buy the special router.....then she is paying 59/month for each line, this is what I wanted to clarify.....and if so then around 150-180 month would not be compred to Hughes home account lets compare it to a business plan or small office at least!

Gorman....its seems odd to me you cant justify $10/month considered an upgrade from the old 6000 to a newer 7000 or 7000s for better pings/ more consistent performance/double or better uploads speeds....but yet now EDVO is far superior regardless. When WB first come out a 2yr contract was " bad", "not good"...Hughes 15 months "terrible" ......now all of a sudden 2yr contract is not even a concern. 

Siryak...was it not you who posted about how when you first got WB how good it was (pings 550-675ms) and you gamed on it etc....now its no good junk (pings 1400-2200ms). Surprised your still using WB and not just plugged in the phone line? Interesting how it could possibly be different now from then