EVDO faster with air card or tethered Blackberry? Opinions?

NJRonbo · EVDO Fledgling Joined: 16 Nov 2005 Posts: 16

I have owned a Kyocera PC air card for the past year. I am one
year into a two-year contract with Verizon that is costing me $60
a month. Been very happy with the Verizon Broadband service
using the aircard.

As of this week I am a new Blackberry 8073e owner. With
the $44 per month Internet access and $15 tethering fee
I can use my phone for Internet access on my PC and BLACKBERRY
for the SAME PRICE as I was paying with the aircard alone.

I probably will have to cancel my aircard contract which will
cost me nearly $200 -- but in the long run, I still save $60
a month for the next year so it sort of works out.

Now on to my question....

What do you guys think of using the Blackberry tethered
as an air card for your PC?

Do you think it's any faster/slower than using an air card?

I can give you my initial impressions....

The tethering works perfectly. The Blackberry connected
with no problem to my PC using VZ Access Manager.

The signal is actually STRONGER with the Blackberry than it
was with my Kyocera air card, which is sort of strange since
the air card had a protruding antenna.

The only thing I notice is that *perhaps* surfing speed is
slower with the Blackberry PC connection -- which doesn't
make sense since I am getting a stronger signal.

I have really only used the Blackberry as an air card for a
short time, so really, I can't give an objective opinion yet.

Hopefully those of you using the Blackberry tethered to
a PC can give me your impressions.

Looking forward to your responses.

NJRonbo · EVDO Fledgling Joined: 16 Nov 2005 Posts: 16

I'll give you an update as far as what I just found out
from calling Verizon....

They said that the speeds offered to aircard vs. Blackberry
tethering customers are exactly the same.

The reason why the PC browses faster with an actual
air card is because of memory size. The air card has a
larger memory buffer while the Blackberry has a larger task
in pushing that information through.

solvewell · EVDO Newbie Joined: 15 Oct 2006 Posts: 1

Is there a version of VZ Access for mac osx that will work with blackberry tethering, or do i need to run windows?

Sorry, am new to both mac and evdo..
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Michael · Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2006 4:20 pm Post subject:

There is not a version of VZAccess for Mac OS X for the Blackberry, the devices that Verizon supports for Mac OS X are:

Data Cards
KPC650
PC5740
V640
V620

Phones
LG8100/VX8000/VX8500/VX9800
Motorola V3CX/V3m/e815
Samsung A930/A990
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illiterate · EVDO User Joined: 30 Apr 2005 Posts: 97

I know in many cases the mac has drivers built in. How does it do with crackberries? Anyone tested this?

Michael · Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:01 am Post subject:

There are many threads up here on EVDOforums.com, where people tried and tried without success. Mac OS X doesn't have built-in support for Blackberry.

See this thread for an example on the 7130e:

Blackberry 7130e, Mac USB Drivers, Bluetooth, tethered modem - EVDOforums.com
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chong67 · EVDO Fledgling Joined: 12 Jun 2006 Posts: 23