Cricket A600 USB Modem

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mmulisha89

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My A600 results with 3 of 4 lights

Download Speed: 758 kbps (94.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 453 kbps (56.6 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 155 ms


My UM100c (not discontinued) with 3 of 4 lights

Download Speed: 699 kbps (87.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 443 kbps (55.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 150 ms


**Used PC Pitstop as suggested

Both Run Great! LoveIT!!
 
Official release next thursday. should be tricklin in to dealers before that.

tri-band
evdo rev a capable
microsd reader up to 4gb
NDIS compatable and software is loaded from device not from cdrom.
119.99 MSRP $50 Mail In Rebate.


need any other details just ask but i think that covers the key points.

OK so NDIS *basically* means the computer just recognizes it as a regular network device and it is "always on" and does not require to be dialed.
 
Did the speed test from here in Chicago. Used the London server:

Download Speed: 710 kbps (88.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 582 kbps (72.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 178 ms
 
I've been using the Cricket service and this A600 USB modem for about a week. I've never had a high speed modem for a laptop before so all I have to compare it to is my T1 service at work and a home RABL line.

For the most part using a web browser all is fine and dandy.

I'm seeing problems with:

Using a newsreader client software, MTNewswatcher and connecting to my ISP's usenet server the connection hangs and hangs, then all of a sudden all is fine and speedy, then sometimes it hangs again. Usenet isn't crucial work so I'm living with it.
 
Just tested other processes on my laptop using Cricket:

Can't connect via FTP cleint software.

Can't use SSH in a terminal window.

So...something is setup or not setup to let other ports besides what's used for HTML to have packets transfer.

Can anyone else use their Cricket Broadband A600 modem with SSH or FTP or NNTP?
 
Upon further review it looks like my SSH traffic and NNTP is going through but it's lagging and way slow. Did a traceroute and it looks like packets/info are bottle necking at line #4 IP address. Did a check of line #4's address and there's no info on who owns it. here's the traceroute:

traceroute to remote5bge0.ripco.com (74.8.102.115), 64 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 172.30.162.9 (172.30.162.9) 84.765 ms 50.065 ms 70.239 ms
2 172.30.162.1 (172.30.162.1) 57.667 ms 48.591 ms 49.158 ms
3 172.30.175.9 (172.30.175.9) 59.886 ms 51.263 ms 49.057 ms
4 172.30.175.36 (172.30.175.36) 86.070 ms 53.525 ms 48.972 ms
5 63.214.229.99 (63.214.229.99) 75.755 ms 128.678 ms 56.890 ms
6 172.16.2.21 (172.16.2.21) 55.890 ms 154.015 ms 48.917 ms
7 LEAP-WIRELE.car4.Chicago1.Level3.net (4.71.102.130) 66.649 ms 67.729 ms 62.756 ms
8 ge-7-17.car4.Chicago1.Level3.net (4.71.102.129) 62.021 ms 49.277 ms 49.255 ms
9 ae-32-54.ebr2.Chicago1.Level3.net (4.68.101.126) 59.877 ms 101.783 ms 65.877 ms
10 ae-5.ebr2.Chicago2.Level3.net (4.69.140.194) 68.087 ms 47.849 ms 50.074 ms
11 ae-22-52.car2.Chicago2.Level3.net (4.69.138.165) 87.328 ms 57.064 ms 49.077 ms
12 PAETEC-COMM.car2.Chicago2.Level3.net (4.71.250.34) 66.874 ms 50.319 ms 48.093 ms
13 gi-8-0-0.edge02.chcgil01.paetec.net (66.155.191.131) 68.087 ms 52.078 ms 54.087 ms
14 63.139.146.178 (63.139.146.178) 67.187 ms 50.799 ms 61.071 ms
15 remote5bge0.ripco.com (74.8.102.115) 62.910 ms * 65.813 ms
 
I have been using FTP successfully with the A600.

Line 4 - are you using a VPN?

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Found this:

bangonglou099 172.30.175.99 王书晴 Wang书晴

bangonglou009 172.30.175.9 曾荣秀 Have荣秀

net.hhtc.edu.cn
Huaihua College Network Center
 
No I'm not using a VPN. I'm on a mac running system 10.5 using an FTP client called rBrowser. I'll try toggling some preferences and also try a different client software later today and report back. I do know that when using rBrowser I can stop the A600 and plug my ethernet cord in and it works just fine with my T1 service
 
Just FYI, for anyone that might be trying to buy and activate a Cricket air card this weekend (now through June 8th)...

I just saw on the front page of MyCricket.Com that the older UM100C USB 3G Modem is ON SALE this weekend, and is currently FREE (after the obligatory mail-in rebate, naturally!) :cool:

Unfortunately, I am not able to take advantage of this deal (Cricket is not launching their service in the D.C./Baltimore Market until the 23rd of the month) and I will be going for the newer A600 modem anyway, because it has better features. Still, I thought I'd post this info for anyone that might be looking to get a good deal right now. :2thurabs:
 
We received the yesterday I got curios about the functions and speed so I activated me one but I got so dissapointed because I haven't been able to connect to EVDO and I had problems setting up with my computer
 
talk to your rep! it is a network problem activating new broadband account the last few days. it is not exclusive to the a600. all devices affected kpc650, um100, and a600. ONLY new lines, old lines seem to be fine.

cricket is working to resolve.
problem appears to be nationwide and affecting indirect activations only.
 
i just started using this mobile broadband modem by cricket about 3 weeks ago only 2 indicator lights are ever on. i was concerned about that. however, i scanned using pc pitstop and here are the results: download @ 786, upload @ 393 and latency @ 87 ms. webpages load fast and streaming movies run w/o interruption. not too bad and priced reasonably.FREE after the standard rebate.
 
How'd you get the rebate? When I bought mine at the CricKet corporate store a few days ago, they told me that there was no rebate right now. :befuddled
 
i should be specific i guess. it is affecting activations done through CID-ISR, apparently CID-RSR is working fine, at least that was the last update i heard.
 
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