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[txdon]

Jim, do you have an antenna attached to your Verizon USB card? If so, How many bars do you have. We are operating with 2.5 bars (sometimes 2, sometimes 3). Does anyone have the air card in a router going wireless to an internet TV? DW=Darling Wife, right!

 

[ronjhall]

Jim, do you have an antenna attached to your Verizon USB card? If so, How many bars do you have. We are operating with 2.5 bars (sometimes 2, sometimes 3). Does anyone have the air card in a router going wireless to an internet TV? DW=Darling Wife, right!

Or Dear Wife.

 

[mikim]

Ron -- they now have an MBR1200 that has external antenna which would be nice here as I could put one outside the window and get a better signal to the cabin. The aircard only has to reach 2 feet to the wilson repeater. I first put the aircard in my laptop and was not impressed with the speed.....then I put it in the router and I don't know why it makes a difference - but it sure does. I can live with this setup quite well.

 

[jinman]

Jim, do you have an antenna attached to your Verizon USB card? If so, How many bars do you have. We are operating with 2.5 bars (sometimes 2, sometimes 3). Does anyone have the air card in a router going wireless to an internet TV? DW=Darling Wife, right!

Don, it varies, but most of the time I have three bars. My modem is not a card, but rather just a usb modem about 1" wide and 3" long with a flip-up antenna. Here is a link to an image of the modem and some antennas if I ever need one.

EDIT: Also, I do not think an internet TV would be a good idea for the modem since you'd bust your 5GB monthly allowance pretty quickly.

 

[txdon]

Jim the internet signal is not for the TV stations but for things called widgets and snippits???? --still tying to figure things out.....but I have to get internet to the TV via wire or wireless. The Verizon aircard plugged into the TV USB did not work - it really wasn't supposed to, I found that out after reading the instructions. I have to use their modem wireless USB thingy ($80) and a router or direct wire from a router....I think.

 

[Western]

I am considering a Sprint MIFI since it would be an upgrade. I was thinking of putting a WIFI pci in my desktop, since my daughters macbook already has wifi installed.

Any one have any experience or knowledge about the Sprint MIFI?? It's hardly bigger than a credit card, so has me a little skeptical.

I have been using the Sprint wireless ovation U727, but I killed it, so back on dial up for now..

 

[riptides]

Jim, do you have an antenna attached to your Verizon USB card? If so, How many bars do you have. We are operating with 2.5 bars (sometimes 2, sometimes 3). Does anyone have the air card in a router going wireless to an internet TV? DW=Darling Wife, right!

I have a Yagi, going to a kyocera (re-branded Cradlepoint) fed by an AC575 broadcasting to the local area . This feeds my Wii.

Does this count?

 

[txdon]

I have a Yagi, going to a kyocera (re-branded Cradlepoint) fed by an AC575 broadcasting to the local area . This feeds my Wii.

Does this count?

Is that English??? if so it counts. What does your Yagi plug into?

 

[kossetx]

Dang, Would ya'll speak a language us'n ol country folks kin understand. I was hoppin ta git sumpin good outta dis but I dunt speak the same stuff yall do.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I am considering a Sprint MIFI since it would be an upgrade. I was thinking of putting a WIFI pci in my desktop, since my daughters macbook already has wifi installed.

Any one have any experience or knowledge about the Sprint MIFI?? It's hardly bigger than a credit card, so has me a little skeptical.

I have been using the Sprint wireless ovation U727, but I killed it, so back on dial up for now..

I have the same thing, verizon MIFI. It includes router for up to 5 wireless connections. Using it right now, I just keep it plugged into ac, but you can use it on battery also. I got it for travel.

 

[riptides]

Is that English??? if so it counts. What does your Yagi plug into?

The Yagi is outside and plugs into the AirCard directly, which is plugged into the router, which does its thang...

 

[ronjhall]

Is that English??? if so it counts. What does your Yagi plug into?

Don, I stopped the local BB here in McAllen. They had all the stuff we were talking about on the shelf. Priced a lot higher than what I spent on EBAY, but they did have them. The one we stopped at last week must be a small store.

 

[mikim]

Both my pipes and Internet frozen this am.
Heavy frost on the outside antenna.

 

[mikim]

Yagi would be a good way to go but how do you find out where the tower is so you can point it correctly? I used the test function on my iphone to try to find the direction to point this little wilson antenna by walking around the building and checking signal strength as I did.

 

[riptides]

Yagi would be a good way to go but how do you find out where the tower is so you can point it correctly? I used the test function on my iphone to try to find the direction to point this little wilson antenna by walking around the building and checking signal strength as I did.

Well I drove by one. So I pointed at it. Plus IIRC Verizon had a program that gave you signal strength. I know Spint has the bars, but the numbers are what is important. Just pointing towards the general area, I can see the numbers go up and down.

I believe I also googled for a cell phone tower map. That gave me an idea what carriers were associated with what tower. I might have found that link from DSL ? Cable ? VOIP ? Security ? Satellite ? Fiber ? News ? Tips ? Reviews ? Community ? Tools - dslreports.com.

I don't recall, I can dig it up later tonight, if you can't find it, or another noter may post it.

 

[Western]

I have the same thing, verizon MIFI. It includes router for up to 5 wireless connections. Using it right now, I just keep it plugged into ac, but you can use it on battery also. I got it for travel.

Thanks farmer, I was re-reading through the post for more info.

I wasn't able to get the Sprint mifi, they send me another usb and the signal strength is non existent. My wife's on call work phone is through verizon and here at the house she gets great service, where on sprint I am on roam. So I am considering the verizon mifi service since they are the best coverage here. ( according to the coverage maps)

How to you like dealing with verizon?? I guess i would need to get an wifi pci card for my desk top too right?

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Thanks farmer, I was re-reading through the post for more info.

I wasn't able to get the Sprint mifi, they send me another usb and the signal strength is non existent. My wife's on call work phone is through verizon and here at the house she gets great service, where on sprint I am on roam. So I am considering the verizon mifi service since they are the best coverage here. ( according to the coverage maps)

How to you like dealing with verizon?? I guess i would need to get an wifi pci card for my desk top too right?

I don't like dealing with verizon, but some of the areas I want to use the MIFI, verizon is the only service so I sucked it up and went with them. For the MIFI, they are the same cost as Sprint. Today is one month on my MIFI, I used 4 GB out of 5 GB on my plan, But I still am using my other internet for other computers, so not sure if 5 GB month will meet my needs for home use. Read back thru these posts about the cradlepoint router and using a USB wifi card with one. The MIFI is supposed to work with the cradlepoint router also. Or, you use the MIFI with it's own internal 5 user router. You would need a wireless network card in the PC and use the MIFI. I got the MIFI for $.01 right before christmas from Amazon.com, with no activation fee. Just had to do a 2 yr commitment with verizon. It's great for travel, used it today in my car with an Ipod touch to keep track of football scores while on the road. Also used it to do computer work while my son was at a meeting. Normally I sit and wait and am non productive, today I was surfin Net and being unproductive

 

[bdeboer]

I have 3 pay plan options to choose from. I have the highest at $79.95 but if a wireless card setup is $60 a month....I see no real need to switch right now. I'm in hopes that DSL will eventually make it's way to my house sooner than later.

The taxes on the Verizon card here in Ohio (maybe everywhere) put it closer to $80.

 

[bdeboer]

Today is one month on my MIFI, I used 4 GB out of 5 GB on my plan, But I still am using my other internet for other computers, so not sure if 5 GB month will meet my needs for home use.

We have been using closer to 1 GB on ours, mostly home use since May 2009. The most we have used is around 2 GB. 2 adults and a 5th grader.

We get about 2 bars on the display with a verizon antenna. Verizon got us for a $20 adapter and $20 for the antenna. Does not work without at our rural location without the antenna.

 

[Western]

Thanks for the reply's on Verizon. Since they have the strongest signal strength, I will have to go with them. Now I just need to figure out the cheapest way (mifi or usb) to have the net on my desktop and my daughters Mac, that's why I was interested in the 5-way mifi but, that's not set in stone yet.

My wife gets a Verizon discout anywhere from 13%-18%, so that should help on the monthly. Right now the dial up is costing around $50 with phone and netzero sooo...