[Hidden-tech] Verizon Wireless Broadband

[Robert Heller]

At Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:05:00 -0500 Annamarie Pluhar <annamarie at pluharconsulting.com> wrote:

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> HI all,
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> My family has a lovely old house in the middle of the National  
> Seashore on Cape Cod.  We are internet challenged and I thought folks  
> on this list might have some interesting and useful experience to  
> relate.
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> We have Verizon Wireless, a USB device which plugs into a wireless  
> router in the attic. After much searching I was able to find the one  
> spot where the USB device picks up a signal. I did this two years  
> ago.  The device works but not well. Last year I researched and bought  
> for the house a Wi-Ex zBoost YX510-PCS-CEL cell phone signal  
> extender . For various messed up reasons, I wasn't there when my  
> sister attempted to install it. SHe has declared, "it doesn't work".   
> Having read all the instructions for careful placement, I'm not sure I  
> accept her verdict. On the other hand, she's reasonably smart about  
> these sort of things.

Some questions:

Does either the USB device or the zBoost thing have a connector for an
external antenna? A high-gain external antenna can make a huge difference.

Are you sure the zBoost thingy is for the *data* channel and not just
for voice (they are different sorts of signals)?

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> According to Verizon coverage map, our house has full data coverage  
> and spotty cell phone reception.  So has anything improved in 7  
> months? Has anyone  on the edges of coverage put together  a good  
> system that they recommend?

I don't know what (if anything) Verizon has been doing WRT cell towers,
etc. I have heard that Verizon is going to be rolling out a '4G' system
using 700mhz.  This will of course make your existing 2.4ghz (?)
equipment obsolute.  (One of the great things about wireless tech -- it
is NOT future-proof and the techology is very much still evolving very
fast.) 

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