Connections in Motion

A friend, Rich Luhr pointed me to a brand new forum for all you techy RV types… www.digitalrv.net/forum

VOIP- We have done a wide range of testing with various VOIP services on broadband. Both Skype and Packet 8 seem to work well on either Sprint or Verizon. (just a note- Verizon has more latency but has, I think, a workable solution. )

Remote Access- Working on the office computer from the road can be a challenge, from both a performance and a security point of view. We have tried numerous options, currently we are testing echoVNC as a candidate for our remote support services.

We are starting the new year out with a bang with some interesting aftermarket marine installs. Our Florida Rep and dealers can provide a wide range of marine installation services for your new or used boat. Contact us for the local qualified marine installer.

Finally, have a very Happy and Healthy New Year from all of us at IIM.

EVDO rumors are flying around!

I thought I’d let you in on some noise we’ve been hearing about carrier complaints and how some EVDO card manufacturers have had to pull some units off the shelf and are now in the midst of reengineering them to please the carriers. The issue we are hearing is something called problems with ‘antenna diversity‘. That translates to having 2 external antennas.

You should ask the question of your provider if their EVDO product meets this latest performance criteria.

OBTW We should have an announcement in the next month or so on our new EVDO product, engineered to meet carrier performance issues.

Just a quick heads up… Looks like Sprint has apparently dropped their price on PCS wireless data to meet Verizon’s $59.95 unlimited wireless data pricing.

This current Sprint pricing scheme is for Sprint PCS Corporate users only, and they must have 1 voice account also to get this pricing. Look for them to expand it to all users in the near future. My guess is that they don’t want to over commit their resources and will expand it over time.

Also, we understand that one of our dealers outfitted a couple of rental coaches for a popular TV news group with IIM and they are on route south to New Orleans. It would be interesting to see if there is data coverage available.

NEWS FLASH>>> There is data coverage! Amazing, we have seen some press on the PRE-hurricane heroics these carriers have done to keep generators fueled and Colts and Cows strategically positioned.

Tues. 09.06.05
UPDATE>>>Cellular Data services are up in the center of New Orleans, stable and slow, showing no signs of compression to assist speed. Excellent connectivity (-70db) yet we guess we are seeing, perhaps at best, approx. 50 to 70kbs for IXRTT data, this is not unexpected. Lots of heroics made this possible.