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Old 04-29-2008, 12:37 PM
Dutch
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Default Re: Standalone cellular modems?

Roger 2008 wrote:

> "Dutch" <buryit@blackholespam.net> wrote in message
> news:kzzm9y32zetq.dlg@blackholespam.net...
>> Roger 2008 wrote:
>>
>>> "Dutch" <buryit@blackholespam.net> wrote in message
>>> news:xlq3vpvbrlfp.dlg@blackholespam.net...
>>> - - - -
>>>>
>>>> Hmmmm, since I don't have a Slingplayer or a Mogul, I wouldn't know
>>>> where to begin troubleshooting that one...
>>>
>>> You can forget about the "Slingplayer" because I've streamed audio
>>> from the following site and my Mogul still fails in time.
>>> http://www.thestreamcenter.com/pda/
>>>
>>> I'm starting to wonder if Sprint builds something into their phones
>>> so people can't use so much bandwidth.

>>
>> I've streamed numerous videos through my V3m's data plan with no
>> apparent throttling. Even downloading 650MB ISO's doesn't seem to bother
>> the speed unless I'm on a particularly busy tower at the time.

>
> OK. Then I'm always on a "busy tower" because I can't seem to get streaming
> video or streaming audio from the URL above to last more than 15 minutes
> anymore.
>
> FYI I have seen streaming video via Bluetooth work for over an hour once but
> then I had to hit the reset button on my Mogul to get that connection
> working again.


I haven't seen any other reports of Sprint throttling except for an
occasional "slow" complaint that seem to be more tower or time of day
related, so I wonder if your problem comes back to the Windows OS issues
that Cradlepoint mentioned...

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Dutch
Sprint/Motorola RAZR V3m
tethered to PCLinuxOS 2008

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