Posted on: June 7th, 2009 by Famous Phil

This is part 3/3 of my evdo quest for fast internet.  In this post I hope to explain the shortcomings of all of my available options for internet access and which one turns out to be the best.  I will be providing several screenshots of different internet connection methods to prove a point including actual ping trials.  I actually had to borrow a dialup account to do this and was sort of unsuccessful at obtaining a speedtest (so I had to borrow one).

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Tags: allowance, bandwidth, broadband, comparison, dialup, evdo, fast, hughesnet, latency, ping, reliability, rev 0, rev a, satellite, signal, speed, speedtest, stability, strength, wildblue
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Posted on: June 4th, 2009 by Famous Phil

This is part 2/3 of my EVDO quest.  This is where I’m going to post pictures and detail my setup. I will also mention a few technical details of the different types of mobile internet and what is what.  This will focus mostly on the Verizon network.  My next blog will compare dial up, satellite, and evdo with in depth technical analysis.  Lets get into the details shall we?

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Tags: 3g, at&t, cband, cel, cell, evdo, phone, rev 0, rev a, speed, tower, verizon, wi-ex, yx500, zboost
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