Verizon Wireless V640 EVDO ExpressCard
by admin on Wednesday, April 21st, 2010 | 3 Comments
- BroadbandAccess and NationalAccess high speed wireless data access
- With the V640 and included VZAccess Manager software, you can increase your productivity by easily managing your remote access connections and business applications
- Flip-up antenna for increased speed and coverage
- External antenna connector to boost signal strength and improve network connectivity in fringe areas (External antenna sold separately)
- Compatible with Express Card Technology
Product Description
The smaller and lighter V640 ExpressCard operates on the Verizon Wireless broadband network and is capable of speed bursts of up to 2.0Mbps. With VZAccess Manager you can increase your productivity by easily managing your remote access connections and business applications. The V640 ExpressCard features a multi-color LED service status indicator for data throughput monitoring and a flip-up antenna to enhance RF performance while on the go. Windows Vista™ capable…. More >>
The difference between Dec 2006 when I signed up and now is striking. I used to get very fast performance, but over the past year it has steadily decreased. Seems verizon has done little to nothing to maintain, expand their infrastructure, at least IMHO.
I’ve own a Verizon data card for over a year now and the connection speed is becoming extremely slow. I tested everywhere including in house, on the road, airport etc. The avg download is about 400K and upload 140K. These are significantly slower than what I was promised at the store and the results of my tests when I first bought it (800K/400K).
I called Verizon. The tech support guy was very rude and basically said this speed is normal and “broadband”. He also tried to come up with excuses such as you are indoor although he had to agree that my signal strength was good. He also said as long as you could connect, you couldn’t argue because there was no promise of the speed on the contract. (So basically even if your speed was 1K, they wouldn’t see a problem with it.)
My conclusion, I will never use Verizon again.
I had to reconnect every 3 minutes, and the average download speed was about what you would get with dialup. It was pitiful, and Verizon had to refund 5 months of service where I had to connect an astounding 1400 times.
However, in the last few months these guys are getting their act together. I’ve had trips from Pensacola to Jacksonville and Tampa to Jacksonville where I maintained a constant connection, and was able to download large files and email while enroute. I just checked my connection speed and got an average of 535K down, and 85K up. Thats 10 times better than it was a few months ago, and will get better with 3G service.
If you need the internet on your laptop wherever you go like me, then this is finally a good option for a lot of people. The service is expensive, but you can get a USB adapter for your desktop at home to plug this V640 Expresscard in to.
You can also get deals on these card on the web and Verizon will program them for you regardless of where they came from so if you find one for CHEAP dont hesitate to take it into a Verizon store to have them set it up for you.
A year later and I’m finally happy with this service, but I’ll take credit for Verizon’s improvement cause I spent most of the last year screaming at them on the phone because of connection speeds of less than 18K at my home. 4 googleschnitzles