Going to buy antenna off ebay need help

payne07 · EVDO Newbie Joined: 04 May 2008 Posts: 8

I live in Hillsboro ohio out in the country with trees all around me. I only pick up two bars on national access right now and broadband access just flashes blue when i try to find it only. If I were to buy a trucker lookin antenna off ebay that is supposed to increase signal up to 1500% for the um150 usb modem would it work??

Alex · Site Admin Joined: 19 Sep 2006 Posts: 1893

beware of ebay hype making outrageous claims. use common sense.

if you want the opinion of people who routinely sell and support this kind of stuff, go read this article:

http://www.EVDOinfo.com/RSSI

and post your answers to the questions at the end of the article.

with those answers, we can more easily recommend proper gear.

payne07 · EVDO Newbie Joined: 04 May 2008 Posts: 8

well i figured pumping out 921.6 kbps would let me play games online but my ping is still from 300-400. I just dont get this stuff.

Alex · Site Admin Joined: 19 Sep 2006 Posts: 1893

improving your signal is not likely to have much affect on latency/ping.

most of the latency is a result of poor 'routing tables' on network between the cell tower and the gaming server... not you and the tower.

payne07 · EVDO Newbie Joined: 04 May 2008 Posts: 8

when i used the trial it was a lot faster it watched movies fine and played games fine. but now that i subscribed to the monthly 5g it buffers every sec on movies and lags on games.