I have used 3G in the past as a backup for some sites and I was pretty impressed with the performance and the ease of configuring it in ios
chris On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 9:51 PM, Ryan Finnesey <rfinne...@gmail.com> wrote: > We are looking to use the Cisco 3G/4G card > http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps11540/index.html We can pick them up > for about $250 for the 3G and $350 for the 4G.**** > > ** ** > > *From:* chris [mailto:tknch...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Saturday, August 13, 2011 7:59 PM > > *To:* Ryan Finnesey > *Cc:* Cameron Byrne; nanog@nanog.org > *Subject:* Re: Verizon Business - LTE?**** > > ** ** > > What plan are you using? My htc thunderbolt has unlimited 4g on the phone > and for my hotspot so I'd imagine there is something similar for standalone > hardware?**** > > ** ** > > chris **** > > On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 7:54 PM, Ryan Finnesey <rfinne...@gmail.com> > wrote:**** > > I have been very happy with the preference of the VZW network. Both 3G and > 4G. The issue we have is that they have a 5GB cap. We have tested both the > 3G and 4G HWIC for cisco and have been very happy with the hardware.**** > > **** > > Cheers**** > > Ryan**** > > **** > > **** > > *From:* chris [mailto:tknch...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Saturday, August 13, 2011 2:09 PM > *To:* Ryan Finnesey > *Cc:* Cameron Byrne; nanog@nanog.org**** > > > *Subject:* Re: Verizon Business - LTE?**** > > **** > > I'm in princeton, nj and I recently moved into a new place and had no > internet for about a week and had my router in client mode grabbing hotspot > from my phone and it worked surprisingly well. Of course latency can be a > bit jumpy but my speeds overall were better than the neighbors comcast :) I > also pulled down about 150gb over that week and each day I was waiting for > verizon to pull the plug but it never happened. Speeds were consistently > around 20/10.**** > > **** > > I looked around but couldnt find any reasonably cheap 4G interface cards > for any of the major router vendors otherwise I might have actually > considered it as my home needs are pretty basic.**** > > **** > > chris**** > > On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 1:54 PM, Ryan Finnesey <rfinne...@gmail.com> > wrote:**** > > I was hoping to use LTE for a large number of sites we are about to roll > out > instead of DS1s. But looks like we will go down the TDM route. > > > > Cheers > > Ryan > > > > > > From: Cameron Byrne [mailto:cb.li...@gmail.com] > Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 12:56 AM > To: Ryan Finnesey > Cc: nanog@nanog.org; Charles N Wyble > Subject: RE: Verizon Business - LTE?**** > > > > > > On Aug 12, 2011 8:40 PM, "Ryan Finnesey" <rfinne...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Well they are two completely separate companies . I would think that the > > LTE network would be a good replacement for DS1 type services. > > > > My guess is no. > > Yes, I bet vzw buys from vzb, but not the other way round. Whatever you > call > the vz LEC does not want to give 40 some cents on the dollar to Vodafone > ... > the other part of the vzw ownership. > > Not to mention that LTE is an IP service and ds1 is tdm... > > Cb > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Charles N Wyble [mailto:char...@knownelement.com] > > Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 11:26 PM > > To: nanog@nanog.org > > Subject: Re: Verizon Business - LTE? > > > > On 08/12/2011 10:23 PM, Ryan Finnesey wrote: > > > Does anyone know if Verizon Business is using the Verizon Wireless LTE > > > network to deliver service? > > > > Who else would they use? I would presume they are eating their own dog > food. > > If not, that's very sad. :) > > > > > > > > > >**** > > **** > > ** ** >
