Originally Posted by
bfisk
It's better than nothing, but 54Mb is the fastest I have ever connected. Also, I've been bumped off way too early on initial decent. Trying to send attachments of any size is painful (upload speed is especially slow). Nice idea, but needs tweaking to be really useful. IMO
Are you referring to the speed of the WiFi connection or the speed of the internet connection? 54mbps would be blazing fast, so I suspect you meant the former (which really doesn't matter unless you are going to bottleneck there - certainly not the case with an EvDO connection). If you had difficulties, it was probably isolated (or perhaps something is configured incorrectly on your laptop), as I've used it a dozen or so times and have been able to watch streaming TV and use other applications requiring good throughput every time. I use EvDO Rev A (via Verizon) here on the ground, and the speeds in the air seem comparable, which is not surprising since the technology is the same.