Test for signal with Verizon

bcsman · Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 8:39 pm Post subject: Test for signal with Verizon

Well I tested my friends laptop with a Kyocera KPC650 PMCMIA card. He also had a small plug-in antenna with about a 4' cable. I fired her up and immediately recieved a signal. As I moved around the house it improved slightly, but when I went outside it improved more. I maxed out at 4 bars and was very excited until I realized what I was receiving. It was locked on to Extended Network!! I did some testing with some pages that take awhile to load such as NASCAR.com and saw a bit of improvement from my dialup. Then I tried to download a file and it leveled off at 17 kbps about 3 times my normal dial-up. This is about what is advertised for Extended 2-4 times dialup speed. I went up on my porch roof in search of something besides Extended and plugged the antenna in, but was never able to hit anything. I suppose it's possible the tower I receive my cell phone signal from is only setup for Extended, not Broadband yet?? If I could have at least found a hint of Broadband signal I would think it was possible to amplify to a usable signal, but not sure there is any. According to the Verizon map that is the case, but hoping differently.

My next step would be to test out Sprint. Don't know anyone with a Sprint card I could try, so going to have to take the plunge and purchase! According to their map I am closer to "fringe" than Verizon and maybe they have Broadband on their tower!!

That's my experiment so far!!

bcsman · Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:27 pm Post subject:

Does anyone know if there are towers out there with only Extended coverage and no Rev 0 or Rev A yet?? Could be what I have here in the Michigan thumb boonies! At least with Verizon.

Species8472 · Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 4:01 am Post subject:

I thought Extended Network meant Roaming? I think it is the new term VZ is using with their newer connection Mgr software

Rakeris · EVDO Newbie Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 8

You can check for broadband coverage on their site ya know. (Sprint or verizon) Not just normal cell signal. It's just a different search option. If you already did, sorry. Surprised

bcsman · Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 7:06 am Post subject:

Sorry used the wrong term, instead of Extended Network I should have said I could only connect through their National Access network. They advertise this as being 2-3 times faster than dialup and that's about what I was getting!

So I guess my REVISED question would be is it possible the tower I utilized for connecting to the internet thru Verizon only National Access and not Broadband capable?? Hopefully that makes more sense!!

bcsman · Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 7:11 am Post subject:

Michael · Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 7:35 am Post subject:

Post your zip code, so others can see where you are and better answer your post.
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bcsman · Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 8:27 pm Post subject:

zip is 48014 thumb of Michigan!!