Faster internet using vzw?

[mcfly6464]

Hey, i use a LG3200 for internet service. Currently i connect to the internet at nights using the national access. Is there settings i can change to make the connection faster? It is not a bad connection, i would just like it to be faster. Are the setting important on the phone or on my pc? Also, even though i dont subscribe to national access, and just have america's choice plan, i'll only be charged for minutes of use....right? Thanks for any help someone can give me

[WirelessBeachBum]

make sure you are connecting to NationalAccess and not QCN (14kbps)...

What number does you dial and what format for your password?

You may also want to make sure your connection speed from your phone to your laptop is as fast as you can support.

[mcfly6464]

I got the verizon wireless software so it set the connection up automatically. It dials #777. I am using the NationalAccess connection, and i set the port speeds as high as they could go. I just didn't know if there were any other methods to get a faster connection. There is a setting on my phone that says "Data in always" or "Data in once". Do i want to enable either one of these? Will that help? Thanks

Originally Posted by WirelessBeachBum

make sure you are connecting to NationalAccess and not QCN (14kbps)...

What number does you dial and what format for your password?

You may also want to make sure your connection speed from your phone to your laptop is as fast as you can support.

[buzzy]

have you done a speed check? I'm getting 33k to 56k with my VX7000 and #777NA.
I think that is about the best one can hope for, in spite of VZWs claims, until you hit EVDO.

[WirelessBeachBum]

Originally Posted by mcfly6464

I got the verizon wireless software so it set the connection up automatically. It dials #777. I am using the NationalAccess connection, and i set the port speeds as high as they could go. I just didn't know if there were any other methods to get a faster connection. There is a setting on my phone that says "Data in always" or "Data in once". Do i want to enable either one of these? Will that help? Thanks

those two settings are referring to incoming data connections, such as receiving a fax

[mcfly6464]

Thank you to you all....i am enjoying my internet and seemed to have worked out all the kinks....it's great to get this internet and thanks for all your help

Originally Posted by WirelessBeachBum

those two settings are referring to incoming data connections, such as receiving a fax

[gatester]

Originally Posted by mcfly6464

Thank you to you all....i am enjoying my internet and seemed to have worked out all the kinks....it's great to get this internet and thanks for all your help

If you're on an America's Choice share plan is there any charge for accessing National Access? I just renewed my contract and got a NationalAccess capable phone and have used the phone to connect to the internet (#777, ..........@vzw3g.com/vzw, etc.), but will I be charged for a data call any differently than a voice call? I've heard of data plans that charge $15/MB for certain types of phones and the unlimited data plan, but are people with normal phones without any special plan being charged extra? I connected last night and checked my account today and it didn't report any data minutes (called #DATA and it said I had zero text messages).

Thx

[wgray8231]

You also need a different modem initialization string to differentiate between QCN and NA.