{"id":618,"date":"2009-11-13T08:38:03","date_gmt":"2009-11-13T13:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poojanwagh.opalstacked.com\/poojanblog\/2009\/11\/more-speed-testing-on-spring-4g-wimax\/"},"modified":"2009-11-15T20:39:08","modified_gmt":"2009-11-16T01:39:08","slug":"more-speed-testing-on-spring-4g-wimax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poojanblog.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/more-speed-testing-on-spring-4g-wimax\/","title":{"rendered":"More speed testing on Sprint 4G WiMax"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m taking the train along Metra’s Milwauke District West. Here’s a test close to the Elgin Station:<\/p>\n

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That’s right: 5 Mbps down and 1 Mbps up. Except that by the time I reached the next station, the 4G was disconnected. I can’t say that this is due to Sprint’s 4G network, due to their software, or if it’s due to my laptop. Regardless, it’s annoying. I do have a couple firmware updates to install, though. I tried doing it last night, but I’m not exactly sure how to (the button to update didn’t seem to do the job.)<\/p>\n

Another thing that’s annoying? After I reconnect, the Sprint Smartview software opens Sprint’s web site in my browser. This is mildly annoying when I have firefox up (it just adds another tab). However, it’s absolutely intolerable when I don’t, because I just want to get back to work, but instead, all of a sudden, firefox pops up with:<\/p>\n

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I’ve been looking for a way to stop SmarView from doing this, but I haven’t found it yet. Incidently, I had to reconnect twice while writing this post.<\/p>\n

OK: make that 4 times. If anyone is wondering, I’m using the U300 (can’t tell if it’s Sierra Wireless or Franklin) modem. It supports both EV-DO and WiMax. It does not automatically hand over. I’ve also tried getting SmartView to auto-reconnect to WiMax, but that doesn’t work either. You have to manually reconnect when disconnected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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