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Galaril
12-09-2006, 08:28 PM
I am going to be given a wireless broadband card and company paid account since 80-90% of my work is now telecommuting e.g at home work. I was wondering if anyone else has used these cards and what they thought of them?
Easy Mac
12-09-2006, 08:51 PM
You mean like the Sprint card or Verizon's EV-DO? My boss swears by it and generally gets faster speeds than what I can grab from the company wireless.
lighthousekeeper
12-09-2006, 09:15 PM
they are great. use it all the time for my work.
Galaril
12-09-2006, 09:33 PM
You mean like the Sprint card or Verizon's EV-DO? My boss swears by it and generally gets faster speeds than what I can grab from the company wireless.

Sprint card. Yeah, it is a new option to my group in my company for a few of us who are not working directly out of corporate in Denver. I heard they weren't that fast.
MizzouRah
12-09-2006, 09:36 PM
I work at Verizon and the techs there absolutely love them. Too bad I'm a contractor.
Galaril
12-09-2006, 09:39 PM
Mizz,

You might be biased to this question or might not know but which is faster/better the Sprint card or the Verizon EV-DO? This question is for anyone else out there who knows as well?
MizzouRah
12-09-2006, 10:30 PM
Mizz,

You might be biased to this question or might not know but which is faster/better the Sprint card or the Verizon EV-DO? This question is for anyone else out there who knows as well?

The techs had sprint cards and hated them. (this was before the merger and we were MCI). I've never used one, but whenever I fix one of their laptops they tell me those Verizon cards are amazing. Check your coverage area!
CU Tiger
12-09-2006, 10:34 PM
Could be regionalized I suppose, but...

I had a sprint card for a few months, coverage was good,always had signal but SLOW Im talking slower than dialup slow...

I canceled and paid the buyout because it was too stressful trying to do anything, (I literally found it quicker when on the road to find a local motel, drive to said motel and park outside and work wifi)

Three weeks ago company bought me a EV-DO,DAYUM...not even close...

This thing rocks.

Honestly at home I cant tell the difference between working off card and plugged into my router (Cable/roadrunner)...
primelord
12-10-2006, 12:51 AM
I had a Verizon card for a few months and it was awful. It was slow and the connection was horribly unreliable. For what it is worth I get pretty poor cell phone coverage in my house as well so it really isn;t shocking, although the Verizon sales guy told me he didn't think it would be a problem.

There are several people in here who think they are great so I would imagine I just happen to live in a poor spot in relation to the closest cell tower.
Logan
12-10-2006, 11:15 AM
I had a Verizon card for a few months and it was awful. It was slow and the connection was horribly unreliable. For what it is worth I get pretty poor cell phone coverage in my house as well so it really isn;t shocking, although the Verizon sales guy told me he didn't think it would be a problem.

There are several people in here who think they are great so I would imagine I just happen to live in a poor spot in relation to the closest cell tower.

Yeah, if you get good Verizon cell service, you're Wireless connection will be great. Otherwise, you're SOL.