Sprint 3G/4G Overdrive Mobile Hotspot

[Jim Herrmann]

I'm in the basement, so inside the basement was when I got the poor
numbers.  When I put it up in the window, I also get something like you
suggest.

I will try out some different scenarios, and play around with the antenna
idea as Luke suggested.  I will also try it out from Columbus OH next week.
:-)

Later,
Jim

On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 12:46 AM, Jonathan Hale <maclaoch at earthlink.net>wrote:

>  That is kind of strange.  I got one of the 3G/4G aircards and, so far,
> have pretty consistently been able to get between 2.5-4Mbps down on
> 4G.  (I'd been lucky to get 200Kbps down on 3G the last couple months with
> my old aircard.)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Herrmann
> Sent: Jan 20, 2011 8:24 PM
> To: kclug at kclug.org
> Subject: Sprint 3G/4G Overdrive Mobile Hotspot
>
> I got my Overdrive hotspot tonight, and I promised to write up an
> impression.  So far, it's so so.  I had to charge it all the way before it
> would come on.  That's OK as it charged pretty fast.  I followed the start
> up instructions and got the network and password changed, the software
> updated, no problem.  The web interface is pretty nice.
>
> When it first came up it would only connect to 3G.  I had to get into the
> setup and tell it to connect to 4G Only, and then it found a 4G connection.
> I started doing bandwith tests at speedtest.net using the KCMO server.
> The first one was pretty miserable, at 0.73MB up and 0.48MB down.  That was
> lame.  I put the modem in the window a little further, and I got it to do
> 1.3M up and 0.92 down.  I plugged it in and the speed jumped to 3.5M down
> but 0.6M up.  So, it really helps to have it plugged in and in the window.
> I'll let you know more once I try it out in some various locations.
>
> OBTW, I tested my RR connection to compare and I got 4.5M down, but only
> 0.29M up.  So the 4G is better on the upload.
>
> That's all for now,
> Jim
>
>
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