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#2
09-06-2006, 12:14 PM
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Re: Verizon Wireless Broadband?
Greatest thing ever.
I got it about a week ago. During my one hour bus commute each way every day I can just finish a set of turbo sngs. It even seems to work when I'm under the Hudson River in the Lincoln Tunnel. 
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#3
09-06-2006, 12:33 PM
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Re: Verizon Wireless Broadband?
cingular and sprint both have competing services I believe.
I have the Verizon broadband access for 1 full year now and love it. Not quite hi-speed in the major markets. But still pretty fast. Outside of major markets (on the highway, anywhere you get a cell-phone signal pretty much) it is typically 2x speed of dial-up. But this is if you are way outside the major markets. For example, on the map it looks like the entire 1-hour drive from Cincinnati to Dayton (and swinging over to Oxford) would ALL be broadband-access coverage even though you're not really in a city at all. Anyway, it works great for me. Switched my cell-phone coverage to Verizon too...so broadband-access only costs $59/mth for me (not sure if they still give same discount). Consider if you travel a lot that many hotels (and airports) are now charging $10/day for hi-speed internet. So just 4 or 5 days in a hotel or airport and you are already breaking even because of the Verizon access. Even the non-broadband speed is decent. Memphis wasn't in the broadband market yet when I first got Verizon and it worked for me pretty well. Just visited my family in small-town Destin, Fla. and the 2x dial-up speed was still working great for me down there. highly highly recommended.
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#5
09-06-2006, 12:52 PM
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Re: Verizon Wireless Broadband?
The Broadband-access coverage area is for major-markets mostly (haven't looked at the map lately...but it seems to be growing all the time).
When you get outside of that area you are USUALLY in National-Access mode (slower than Broadband-Access mode). National-Access works on the major highways and pretty much most places where you can at least get a cell-phone signal (maybe it needs to be a digital cell-phone signal as opposed to the old analog cell-phone signal). Usually about 2x speed of regular dial-up (100kb or so). Broadband access usually gets up to 500kb speed or faster. Short-answer - yes, most places you are outside the Broadband Access coverage area you are getting the 2x dial-up speed (unless you are travelling in the Nevada desert or something I guess). 1. I found their phone-support to be extremely friendly and professional in answering all my noob Q's. 2. Last year when I signed-up I think there was a 15-day free-trial period where I could get a refund if I wasn't satisfied. So you do get some time to feel it out.
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#8
09-06-2006, 02:43 PM
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Re: Verizon Wireless Broadband?
Just got this about 3 weeks ago. We drove from Vegas to NY then up to Canada and it worked most of the way. As I'm writing this, I'm in a train station in London, Canada, and it's pretty fast. Also worked in Toronto.
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#10
09-06-2006, 06:21 PM
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Re: Verizon Wireless Broadband?
[ QUOTE ]
Anyone use this to play poker? If so, are you happy with it? ...and are there any competing nationwide services I should look at at? [/ QUOTE ] Just to add to the glowing reviews. I have this service and thinks it is the best invention since sliced bread! I have had it for about a year and can play 3 tables and mine 6 others (large market areas, which are being added almost everyday), so the throughput is enough. Plus, because I am a consultant that travels all the time I have my company pay for the monthly service charge! woohoo! So far this month (4-5 days usage), I have used it to a tune of over 750MB of data transferred. I can't even imagine how long that would have taken me when I used to tether my "hi-speed" gprs phone as a modem.
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