Over the weekend I noticed I suddenly could not get a 3G connection, only a 2.5G connection, and the speed was rather slow, so I stopped at the nearest Verizon store to inquire what that was about.
They had changed the service somehow, and I was told that to get back into 3G-land, I'd need to upgrade. After some negotiation back and forth, I left with a brand new USB modem-card (cost, $52.50, on which there is a $50 mail-in rebate) and a new contract for 2 years with the old Alltel unlimited bandwidth for the entire 2 years.
That's the good news. The bad news is that I had not had to install any Alltel software on my Mac to get the old card to work. The new card required some software, put up a fight to get properly installed and running, and which appears to be buggy enough to lock up the computer, which is really hard to do on a Mac.
What I've found is that the Verizon software was essential to get the card configured, even though it took a fair amount of fighting to get it to do what was needed. But the software appears to be otherwise un-necessary. I've been running since then, off and on the net, without it. So if you can get past the initial fight, never bother to run the Verizon stuff again and you'll be fine.
i think your initial problem was because verizon changed/re-configured some cell towers, and your old air card didnot have the PRL configuration info.
IF you had re-configured your old card before going to the verizon store, it might have saved you a trip & $52, the good news is the NEW usb modem should be REV A EvDo and give you a faster connection.
Don't remove the vzmgr software, you might need it in the future to update the FW in the modem or to update the PRL file and other configuration info.
I can explain it to you.
But I Can Not understand it for you !
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Virgin MObile is rolling out Pay As you GO .. data via aircard, buy the aircard at 'Best Buy' stores
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Armed with the modem, users buy data usage in $10, $20, $40 or $60 increments. But there's a catch: Customers must use the data within a relatively short period of time. For $20, users get 250MB of data that expires after 30 days. The cheapest payment costs $10 for 100MB, but it expires in 10 days. For $60, users get 1GB that they must use in 30 days.
Armed with the modem, users buy data usage in $10, $20, $40 or $60 increments. But there's a catch: Customers must use the data within a relatively short period of time. For $20, users get 250MB of data that expires after 30 days. The cheapest payment costs $10 for 100MB, but it expires in 10 days. For $60, users get 1GB that they must use in 30 days.
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http://www.phonenews.com/virgin-mobile-t........a-service-exclusively-via-best-buy-8131/
EXCLUSIVE TO 'BEST BUY'
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Virgin Mobile will be providing service via the Ovation MC760 USB modem which features zero-CD automatic software install with usage meter, EVDO Rev. A support and a microSDHC expansion slot. Pricing for the service starts at $10 for 100 MB with a 10 day usage cycle all the way up to $60 for 1 GB of data access with a 30 day cycle.
The service will be exclusively available in Best Buy locations later this month with pricing for the modem set at $149.99.
Virgin Mobile will be providing service via the Ovation MC760 USB modem which features zero-CD automatic software install with usage meter, EVDO Rev. A support and a microSDHC expansion slot. Pricing for the service starts at $10 for 100 MB with a 10 day usage cycle all the way up to $60 for 1 GB of data access with a 30 day cycle.
The service will be exclusively available in Best Buy locations later this month with pricing for the modem set at $149.99.
the price per PER MB-GB is higher than compared to 'account contracts'
but many people on this forum have expressed a desired to be able to use an aircard for days or weeks and not pay $720 a year for something only used on weekends or 2 week vacations, this gives them to chance to say spend $20-40-60, a few times a year. compared to a yearly contract
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magicbus wrote:
Yowsers - can we squeeze the picture down to forum standards???
Dave
Yowsers - can we squeeze the picture down to forum standards???
Dave
Sometimes pictures must be left "too large" for them to be useful. Here, reducing the picture to 640 pixels wide makes the text unreadable.
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I'm new to this forum but not new to the topic.
Since I learned of Alltel's $25.00 per month DataAccess Plan (24/7) in March 2007, I've been using it tethered to my Motorola EVDO phone. I got a backup phone and batteries on ebay so I can keep a battery fully charged at all times. Even when plugged into the charger this Motorola's battery does not recharge when connected to the computer.
For the most part this has been great although from time to time I loose the tower connection although the phone shows five bars.
In my rural area, my highspeed options were limited and I've been online vial dialup since May, 1985.
There is an active EVDOforum that helps to resolve many issues of both connectivity and performance.
I am finally getting my 1985 PaceArrow back into shape and am glad I already have a good internet connection worked out as I am no fan of WiFi hotspots.