All,
I did a quick check of the Verizon Wireless www site to update myself on
how they are marketing the service called "Broadband Access". I have
been using the service with a Verizon XV6700 tethered to the N800 via
bluetooth. My experience is similar to Jeff's in that the N800 acts as
an "I just want to be connected all the time" kind of device so that
when I carry both the Verizon Mobile handset and my N800 together the
N800 remains tethered and connected to the Internet via the BT DUN.
Having said that, it should also be pointed out that the service does
have caveats and limitations which are stated in the Terms and
Conditions of offer contained on the www page whose url is:
http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/controller?item=planFirst&action=viewPlanDetail&sortOption=priceSort&catId=409&lid=//global//plans//wireless+pc+card+plan
Here is a summary of those limitations:
DATA PLANS AND FEATURES
Prohibited Uses. While most common uses for Internet are permitted
by your Data Plan, there are certain uses that cause extreme network
capacity issues and interference with the network. These are not
uses intended by our Data Access plans and are therefore prohibited.
Examples of prohibited uses include the following:
(i) server devices or host computer applications, including, but
not limited to, continuous Web camera posts or broadcasts,
automatic data feeds, automated machine-to-machine connections
or peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing;
(ii) as a substitute or backup for private lines or dedicated
data connections;
(iii) "auto-responders," "cancel-bots," or similar automated or
manual routines which generate excessive amounts of net traffic,
or which disrupt net user groups or email use by others;
(iv) "spam" or unsolicited commercial or bulk email (or
activities that have the effect of facilitating unsolicited
commercial email or unsolicited bulk email);
(v) any activity that adversely affects the ability of other
people or systems to use either Verizon Wireless Services or
other parties' Internet-based resources, including "denial of
service" (DoS) attacks against another network host or
individual user;
(vi) accessing, or attempting to access without authority, the
accounts of others, or to penetrate, or attempt to penetrate,
security measures of Verizon Wireless' or another entity's
network or systems; or
(vii) software or other devices that maintain continuous active
Internet connections when a computer's connection would
otherwise be idle or any "keep alive" functions, unless they
adhere to Verizon Wireless' data retry requirements, which may
be changed from time to time. This means, by way of example
only, that using these Data Plans or Features for P2P
file-sharing services, web broadcasting, or for the operation of
servers, telemetry devices and/or Supervisory Control and Data
Acquisition devices is prohibited.
*If usage exceeds 5 GB per line during any billing period, we
reserve the right to reduce throughput speeds of any application
that would otherwise exceed such speed to a maximum of approximately
200 Kbps*. These speeds are subject to change, in our reasonable
discretion, in order to address network issues. In order to assess
your usage, you may obtain information about your usage during a
particular billing period, including during the Return Period under
your Worry Free Guarantee, through My Account or by contacting
Customer Service. These Data Plans or Features are for individual
use only and not for resale. We further reserve the right to take
measures to protect our network from harm, compromised capacity or
degradation in performance, any of which may impact permitted data
flows. Accordingly, we reserve the right to deny, modify or
terminate service, without notice, to anyone we believe is using
Data Plans or Features in any manner that adversely impacts our
network or service levels, and we also reserve the right to
terminate service upon expiration of the Customer Agreement term.
We may, but are not required to, monitor your compliance, or the
compliance of other subscribers, with the terms, conditions, or
policies of the Customer Agreement.
Verizon Wireless Plans, Rate and Coverage Areas, rates, agreement
provisions, business practices, procedures and policies are subject
to change as specified in the Customer Agreement.
Best Regards,
John Holmblad
Acadia Secure Networks, LLC
* *
Jeffrey Mark Siskind wrote:
> I use bluetooth DUN over EVDO with a stock Verizon Motorola RAZR2 V9m (CDMA
> version) and my N810. I get 500-600 kpbs downlink and about 150-200 kbps
> uplink when there are 2 or 3 bars of EVDO signal. The latency can be long: up
> to a few hundred milliseconds. But I have run emacs over X tunneled through
> ssh -C -X. It takes a while to start up but once it has, it is useable. When
> there is no EVDO, it degrades to 1xRTT which is much slower: about 100-150
> kbps downlink and 20-30 kpbs uplink.
>
> Setting it up was fairly straightforward. You need to search the menus on the
> phone and the N810 to enable bluetooth and pair the devices. It helps to give
> both the N810 and the phone distinctive names to avoid confusion with other
> bluetooth devices that may be in range. (There are menus for that on both the
> phone and the N810.) Once you pair the devices you run some setup wizard
> specifying USA and Verizon. (The N810 setup wizard knows about many carriers
> in many countries.) The only thing that you need to know is that when the
> setup wizard prompts for a username it defaults to <MDN>@vzw3g.com. You need
> to replace <MDN> with your 10-digit mobile phone number. And you need to
> specify the password as vzw.
>
> You don't need any Windows or MAc specific "connection wizard" software or any
> firmware updates. It might need you to sign up for the "tethering plan" which
> is $60/month for what they call "unlimited" data (but which I here may
> actually be limited to 5G/month). I signed up for the tethering plan since I
> use it regularly. I keep my N810 in one pocket and my phone in the other and
> the N810 dials up and retrieves email regularly. (Standard software on the
> N810 does this.)
>
> Verizon seems to quite openly support this now. Before I purchased the phone
> and signed on the tethering plan, I called customer support. I asked quite
> openly if they supported bluetooth DUN with the N810. They said that they were
> pretty sure that it would work and offered to help me set it up if I needed
> help. They also said that they offer a 30 day return policy in case it didn't
> work. And they suggested that I go to a local VZW kiosk to try it out first. I
> did. They were happy to oblige and I played with it at the kiosk and got it to
> work with my N810 and one of their phones before I decided to buy.
>
> I'm pretty sure that it needs the phone to have a tethering plan because at
> the kiosk I tried several phones and only one worked, which coincidentally was
> the one that the reps said had tethering enabled.
>
> I also tried the same phone (the Motorola RAZR2 V9m, GSM version) with AT&T at
> a local kiosk. And I also got that phone to work. (The AT&T version was even
> easier to get to work because it didn't need a userid/password and apparently
> all of the phones in their kiosk had DUN enabled.) But where I live (Lafayette
> IN) they don't have UMTS/HSDPA. They only have EDGE. I got only about 100-150
> kbps downlink and and 50-80 kbps uplink with high latency. I also tried it out
> at an AT&T store in Chicago where they have HSDPA. I got 500-600 kbps downlink
> and 200-300 kbps uplink. The good thing was that the latency was really low.
> I was able to run emacs over X tunneled through ssh -X (without -C) and it
> started up quickly and was very snappy. I could scroll pretty freely with the
> stylus and scroll bar. I would have gone with AT&T except that they don't have
> HSDPA in Lafayette and it won't be here for 9-16 months. Shortly after that, I
> hope WiMAX will be available both for a follow on to the N810 and in Lafayette
> (Both Chicago and Indy are part of the early roll out and Lafayette is in
> between so one can only hope.) So I will just wait for that.
>
> The RAZR2 V9m is a fairly new and expensive phone. But I'm pretty sure that
> many other Verizon and AT&T phones will support bluetooth DUN. My wife has a
> Motorola KRZR K1m and I looked at the menus and it has the same bluetooth
> menus as the RAZR2 V9m so I suspect that phone will work as well. They are
> selling that phone cheap now. I bought my wife hers for $20. Call up VZW
> customer service. They will tell you which phones support bluetooth DUN. And
> there is also some VZW web page that lists which phones support bluetooth DUN.
>
> If you need help setting up either Verizon or AT&T with the N810, I can tell
> you what I did. But it is fairly straightforward.
>
> Jeff (http://www.ece.purdue.edu/~qobi)
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