Sierra 595U: Not the Right USB EVDO Modem for Everyone

cjennings · EVDO Newbie Joined: 23 Jul 2007 Posts: 10 Location: colo

ya i did i actualy let it charge over night and it still died. But not to fear with the help of Big Dave i now have 2 u720 that work as well as everyone sayes they should so i will be giving back the 595u

sprint adv tech suport thinks this could be an issue guess we will all know soon

shooter64738 · EVDO User Joined: 07 Sep 2007 Posts: 41

I'm in a pretty bad area, I have a -109db signal, 0-1 bars on the signal meter. My 595 is sharing a connection with several pc's right now and after a full 14 hours of constant audio and video downloads, and some xbox live, starting yesterday evening, the battery still isn't dead or blinking red. My upload speed could use some serious help at 100kb average but my download is pretty good at 1.2-1.6mb.

shooter64738 · EVDO User Joined: 07 Sep 2007 Posts: 41

I've been online with my 595u for 352 hours with one break yesterday to install new coax, and repair my dish. Heavy heavy usage on the weekends of nearly 24 hour xbox live. No dead batteries, no poor performance. It seems to be holding up very well at this point. I do however run it exclusiley on a desktop machine which may make a difference in the charge rate of the USB ports.

roverguy78 · EVDO User Joined: 14 Jun 2007 Posts: 46

I have experienced absolutely zero problems with my 595U, and I've been using it daily for several months now.

ml12 · EVDO Newbie Joined: 05 Mar 2008 Posts: 9

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RCA Jack · EVDO Newbie Joined: 07 Jun 2008 Posts: 1

I've had the 595U AirCard for about 6 weeks and all of a sudden I've run into the weak/low battery syndrome. My signal has always been in the -80s range and I don't have any complaints about the speed.

Starting just a few days ago it started running down on me. I can get it charged back up and get the Green LED but like was indicated earlier it seems like 80 minutes is about the max.

Thanks to this thread I just realized that since I have it here in the office where I can monitor it might be the reason it won't stay up since the signal is low in this position. I guess I should put it back where I had it and see if it holds the charge better. Maybe there was a short spell of low signal and thats what caused it to run down in the first place.

I gather its going into a higher-power mode with weak signal conditions. Would anyone happen to know where that threshold is?

Tnx,
Jack