I didn’t waste much time fixing my CD problems. After my post on Sunday resulted in a bunch of “I’ve got the Sprint card and it rocks” comments and e-mails, I went ahead and placed an order on Monday.
I placed the order through 3gstore.com, in large part because of the reach out by Alex from EVDOinfo. He left a comment and sent me an e-mail with an invitation to call him. I’m very glad I took him up on his offer – it was great to be able to ask some questions from someone who really knows the space.
The folks at 3gstore offer full support for Mac users and they also have a cool EVDOMaps mashup. Both times I called them, I got a call back within a half hour. I’m happy to recommend a business that is providing the kind of service they showed me.
So today I received my Novatel USB EVDO card (U720) and was able to get it all set up. I did the initial configuration and firmware upgrade in Boot Camp, as well as a few speed tests. Then I booted back into Mac OS X and it worked like a charm1. I ran some speed tests in OS X as well.
I posted the results of the speed tests on Flickr for those who are interested. I was surprised at how much of a difference the antenna up/down made. Perhaps it has to do with my distance from the antenna.
- EVDOinfo has a nice PDF of Mac OS X install instructions. [back]
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Andre adds this Comment:
Looks like it’s producing some nice speeds. The only thing that sucks is the prices on the data plans with Sprint. I was able to hook up my blackberry to my laptop and use that anywhere, although I top out at 250Kps, the $19.99 tmobile data plan includes unlimited bandwidth.
March 14th, 2007 at 8:22 am
Alex adds this Comment:
I know, I wish I could use that.
Unfortunately T-Mobile’s lack of coverage at my house drove me back to Sprint, and I can’t tether my BlackBerry to my Mac at those speeds due to RIM crippling the Bluetooth speed.
March 14th, 2007 at 8:45 am
(a different) Alex adds this Comment:
Thanks for being a 3Gstore.com customer, Alex!
Just wanted to give a heads up to any of your readers who may interested in a Rev-A ExpressCard from Verizon… you might want to read this:
http://www.evdoinfo.[...]iew/1919/64/
March 14th, 2007 at 11:27 pm
(a different) Alex adds this Comment:
Hi again, Alex! just thought i’d post another heads up for any of your readers interested in the Sprint U720:
Kyocera will soon be announcing firmware RK1010 that provides full support for the U720/USB720 as well as the PX500/PC5750.
As with prior firmware releases, EVDOinfo.com and 3GStore.com are first to sell KR1 routers with this new firmware! …for more info, read:
http://www.evdoinfo.[...]iew/1973/64/
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