Telcel's Mexico Banda Ancha

Barraster2 · EVDO Newbie Joined: 19 Jan 2009 Posts: 1

I am an expat living in Mexico and use Telcel's 3G service that they call Banda Ancha. It works great; mid 300kps up and 1000+ down. I am trying to find out if there are any modems that are compatible with it. This is a new service for Telcel so they don't offer much help. The modem is marked ZTE Modem MF622. Any input would be warmly welcomed. thanks.

chassit · EVDO User Joined: 12 Nov 2008 Posts: 38

I googled it and quite a bit of stuff came up. If you believe what you read, the ZTE MF622 is an HSDPA USB modem, apparently provided by the British 3G cellular network operator named "3", and maybe other carriers as well. There are comparisons to other devices, including those from Huawei. There may be references to your carrier, but I didn't look for them.

chassit · EVDO User Joined: 12 Nov 2008 Posts: 38

Take a look at the website for your carrier (www.telcel.com) -- they show 3G cards from Huawei, Sony-Ericsson, and ZTE. Looks like about 9 cards to choose from, including your MF622.

verizonrocks · EVDO Junkie Joined: 12 Dec 2008 Posts: 152

telcel works off of GSM technology in my opinion it barfs, try iusacell they run off of PCS/CDMA you can expect faster speeds, and more stable internet experience.

pameladelafield · EVDO Newbie Joined: 26 Jun 2009 Posts: 1

onedavester · Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 12:22 pm Post subject:

I believe this one works with that card:

http://www.itkorner.com/3gx-modem/prod_14.html