Success in the woods of Maine

mrkamikz · EVDO Newbie Joined: 06 Apr 2008 Posts: 1

I would like to thank everyone at 3G who helped me get the right equipment to enable me to get EVDO. I initially went with Verizon as they have equipment on a tower within 200 yds. of my house. With 3 laptops and an xbox 360 we went through Verizon's 5 Gig limit in 4 days. The staff at 3G suggested I try Sprint as their coverage map was close to me, but I was not in it. After researching tower locations through antennasearch.com and using Google Earth for elevations I found the Sprint tower 6.5 miles away. There are two mountains between my house and the tower at almost the same elevation as the tower. The elevation at my house is 600' below the mountains.
My setup consists of a Wilson Omni-directional antenna, a 3 watt amp. and a Sierra 595U USB modem connected to a Cradlepoint MBR1000 router. All items bought from 3G at their recommendation. Early testing with minimal tweaking on antenna placement is producing 700kbps - 1000kbps down, 150kbps - 350kbps up with a 70 - 100ms latency. Signal noise 85-105db.
This is heaven compared to Wildblue. I repeat with two mountains in the way and 6.5 miles away from the tower I was very skeptical.

A VERY VERY happy customer in Maine.

Torrey · Site Admin Joined: 09 May 2007 Posts: 216 Location: USA

Awesome!!!! Those 3-watt amps really do make a difference! Enjoy your freedom from feelin "blue" . The experts at 3Gstore.com really go above & beyond what you'd expect from any other wireless store... Like I always say:

Honest answers to sales questions + Expert support after the sale = Very Happy