Verizon blocking pdanet

[vzwtek]

I have seen a problem with windows7 and the D1 dropping connections tethering but it's not a problem on Linux or Windows XP. I suspect some kind of driver issue with W7. The D1 tethers fine, I get between 1.75 and 2.2 Mbps.

Easier way would be bluetooth DUN.
Its going to be slow, but still a connection for tether on D1

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P.S., they have no legal way of monitoring what you go to or do when you are using an alternate tethering method. That is a privacy violation. All they are allowed to look at is how much data you are using, if it hampers network, then its a TOS violation of your agreement to continue service with them and will end in contract termination at your expense for network abuse.

 

[FX4]

My experience is the bluetooth Dun is slower and a lot more unreliable than the USB connection.

 

[vzwtek]

Its a a lot more reliable than wifi and barnacle tether. And its not that much slower

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[vzwtek]

Coming from the standpoint for whatever reason he cannot root the device, so its his best and only option.

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[FX4]

Well fair enough. I tested with XP and canned it. In the case of W7 it may be the way to go.

 

[dezymond]

I use Easytether, for some reason I was never able to figure out why PDAnet never really worked for me. Easytether has no trial so I've been using it for over a year now.

 

[kodiak799]

Easier way would be bluetooth DUN.
Its going to be slow, but still a connection for tether on D1

D1 with Win7 here, and that's a great tip! Little tricky to set-up as you have to actually start DUN first and THEN pair, I think (may just be manually switching the modem in connection properties to bluetooth).

But I did 4 speed tests with different servers and they were all 750-850kbps, which is about the 3G speeds I normally get. And that's about twice as fast as the best I could ever get with Wifi tether. Only question now is if it will stay connected.

I realize free PDAnet version doesn't allow access to https secure sites, but I probably wouldn't do any banking or anything besides.

 

[FX4]

Easy tether does seem to be the best one at the moment. Used PDAnet for a long time, then switched to Tether because it was faster, then Easytether because it's fast and it just seems to work.