Has anyone used Verizon Wireless broad band?

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dinoman

Looking for input on any of those who have used Verizon Wireless broad band internet.

I only have cable internet as an option in my area and got kicked in the teeth today because it dropped.

It dropped before I had a chance to put in my stop. :)

Looking for Pros/Cons from those who have experienced this service.

Looking to get it for a back up, I just picked up my laptop tonight so I don't get caught with my pants down again.

I am not looking to trade off it, just need it as a back-up. Signal is not a problem for I have a tower about 200 yards from my house.

How does it work being on the road too as far as connectivity and bandwith? I was told to expect 120K to 1.5 Mb.

All insight appreciated.

Thanks,

Dinoman
 
FWIW Sir,

Use it while trading on my Laptop - every time I'm away from home, and also as a backup to the desktop connection when I'm home

Never any issues- and I've used it for a little over a year now

The 5 Gig a month is plenty

eta - Has always kept up (fast enough) including heavy periods (open, ect.) My platform locked up last year but my connection worked

Hope this helps
Redneck
 
I use Verizon Wireless broadband with my laptop while I'm at work.

I use it to dial remotely into my trading computer at home through www.gotomypc.com.

I've used this broadband card for approximately 4 months and haven't had any problems. The internet speed is about 1.5 Mbps.

Depending on your computer I've found that the USB broadband card is the most reliable.

I would suggest picking up a broadband card from the Verizon store, that way you can take it back if you don't like it or it doesn't work with your computer.
 
I used to use them because my Treo phone had a nice bluetooth modem capability, so anytime my laptop was within 10-20 feet of my cellphone, I could use the 3G cellphone data connection, no cables required.

It was very convenient, and less expensive than a dedicated data service at the time, but it was not as fast as installing a wireless card in the laptop.

But the service speed and coverage was plenty good for trading at various cities I visited around the country.

One added benefit was that it eliminated the security risk associated with hotel and other public wi-fi hot spots. You *don't* want to use those to access trading and financial accounts!
 
Thanks for the replies!

I am not ready to let go of my cable internet. (Although I should)

It sounds like I will try out Verizon's mobile BB though.

With what I lost today could have easily covered 3 years for having that back up.

Thanks again!

Dinoman
 
I'm using a Verizon USB modem on my desktop right now since AT&T's dsl is being real crappy tonight. This is the first time in two years my dsl has been this bad.

Ok, here are the results from a speedtest.net test on my Verizon Modem:

Download: 1893 kb/s
Upload: 517 kb/s

Not bad
 
I have a Sprint Aircard that I've used quite a bit. Even with Verizon, you won't notice much of a difference compared to cable. I wouldn't trade a high-volume, automated system on it. But for those of us who are entering order manually, the network latency is immaterial.
 
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The search on this board some times doesn't bring up the results easily, that one is looking for. Then again its not Google and I understand the lack of tech behind these board searches.
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No problem, Dino. I think that within the yr aircard type devices
are going to get even better latency. And im hoping there is going to be some way to hook into a router.
cheers,
rj
 
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