Verizon wireless - VZW EVDO in LA Area

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VZW EVDO in LA Area

Mobius

2005-09-27, 5:48 pm

Hi,

I was wondering whether any EVDO user in the Los Angeles area has noticed a
drop in speed lately.

Since yesterday morning my connection flipflops between a 1xEVDO connection
and a 1xRTT during any session. Signal strength, however, is solid at 3
bars - sometimes going up to 4 bars (max). This happens no matter where I
use the connection from, in this area.

Also, the connection seems to "freeze" sometimes, and the time required to
connect has increased from under 5 seconds to around 15 seconds or so!

Thanks for any insights.

Regards.

Mobius

Mortimer Schnurd

2005-09-27, 11:48 pm

"Mobius" <Mobius@no.spam> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I was wondering whether any EVDO user in the Los Angeles area has noticed
a
> drop in speed lately.
>
> Since yesterday morning my connection flipflops between a 1xEVDO
connection
> and a 1xRTT during any session. Signal strength, however, is solid at 3
> bars - sometimes going up to 4 bars (max). This happens no matter where I
> use the connection from, in this area.
>
> Also, the connection seems to "freeze" sometimes, and the time required to
> connect has increased from under 5 seconds to around 15 seconds or so!
>
> Thanks for any insights.
>
> Regards.
>
> Mobius

No....mine has been rock solid (PC-5220 card) in Downtown LA and San
Fernando Valley. Also fast in the West LA/Venice areas.
I sometimes use it to listen to streaming radio (and video from
www.wwltv.com) From New Orleans, LA.

Mobius

2005-09-27, 11:48 pm

Hi,

Thanks very much for the response.

I tested the connection (I use the same PC5220 card) on my desktop (with a
PCMCIA-PCI adapter) and the connection was normal.

Judging from this, as well as your response, I am going to have my laptop
checked. It was working fine earlier - I too used to listen to streaming
radio and video (BBC, ABC - Australia, DW - Germany....)! My downloads
averaged around 50-70KB/sec - peaking sometimes at 125KB/sec.

Regards and thanks again.

Mobius

"Mortimer Schnurd" <Mort@aarp.com> wrote in message
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:
: "Mobius" <Mobius@no.spam> wrote in message
: news:vRh_e.176$4h2.86@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...
: > Hi,
: >
: > I was wondering whether any EVDO user in the Los Angeles area has
noticed
: a
: > drop in speed lately.
: >
: > Since yesterday morning my connection flipflops between a 1xEVDO
: connection
: > and a 1xRTT during any session. Signal strength, however, is solid at 3
: > bars - sometimes going up to 4 bars (max). This happens no matter where
I
: > use the connection from, in this area.
: >
: > Also, the connection seems to "freeze" sometimes, and the time required
to
: > connect has increased from under 5 seconds to around 15 seconds or so!
: >
: > Thanks for any insights.
: >
: > Regards.
: >
: > Mobius
:
: No....mine has been rock solid (PC-5220 card) in Downtown LA and San
: Fernando Valley. Also fast in the West LA/Venice areas.
: I sometimes use it to listen to streaming radio (and video from
: www.wwltv.com) From New Orleans, LA.
:
:
:
:

Mobius

2005-09-28, 2:48 am

Hi,

The problem was in the laptop, not the VZW EVDO connection! A full uninstall
and re-install of the PC5220 as well as AccessManager solved it.

Thanks for reading my post.

Regards.

Mobius

"Mobius" <Mobius@no.spam> wrote in message
news:L3l_e.3804$zQ3.10@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
: Hi,
:
: Thanks very much for the response.
:
: I tested the connection (I use the same PC5220 card) on my desktop (with a
: PCMCIA-PCI adapter) and the connection was normal.
:
: Judging from this, as well as your response, I am going to have my laptop
: checked. It was working fine earlier - I too used to listen to streaming
: radio and video (BBC, ABC - Australia, DW - Germany....)! My downloads
: averaged around 50-70KB/sec - peaking sometimes at 125KB/sec.
:
: Regards and thanks again.
:
: Mobius
:
:
:
:
: "Mortimer Schnurd" <Mort@aarp.com> wrote in message
: news:Q8k_e.372$sL3.50@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com...
::
:: "Mobius" <Mobius@no.spam> wrote in message
:: news:vRh_e.176$4h2.86@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...
:: > Hi,
:: >
:: > I was wondering whether any EVDO user in the Los Angeles area has
: noticed
:: a
:: > drop in speed lately.
:: >
:: > Since yesterday morning my connection flipflops between a 1xEVDO
:: connection
:: > and a 1xRTT during any session. Signal strength, however, is solid at 3
:: > bars - sometimes going up to 4 bars (max). This happens no matter where
: I
:: > use the connection from, in this area.
:: >
:: > Also, the connection seems to "freeze" sometimes, and the time required
: to
:: > connect has increased from under 5 seconds to around 15 seconds or so!
:: >
:: > Thanks for any insights.
:: >
:: > Regards.
:: >
:: > Mobius
::
:: No....mine has been rock solid (PC-5220 card) in Downtown LA and San
:: Fernando Valley. Also fast in the West LA/Venice areas.
:: I sometimes use it to listen to streaming radio (and video from
:: www.wwltv.com) From New Orleans, LA.
::
::
::
::
:
:

Mortimer Schnurd

2005-09-28, 11:48 pm

"Mobius" <Mobius@no.spam> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> The problem was in the laptop, not the VZW EVDO connection! A full
> uninstall
> and re-install of the PC5220 as well as AccessManager solved it.
>
> Thanks for reading my post.
>
> Regards.
>
> Mobius

Thats good news! glad to help.
Happy streaming :)

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