{"id":163,"date":"2010-08-31T10:22:45","date_gmt":"2010-08-31T14:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.communitychapelgreenville.com\/dandc.com\/blog\/?p=163"},"modified":"2010-08-31T10:22:45","modified_gmt":"2010-08-31T14:22:45","slug":"verizon-wireless-hotspot-redux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dandc.com\/?p=163","title":{"rendered":"Verizon Wireless Hotspot Redux"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Verizon<\/a>Earlier this month I wrote about Verizon Wireless\u2019 Hotspot service and how it is an additional $20\/mn charge and it uses its own 2GB data cap \u2013 separate from the unlimited data I am already paying for. Last week I decided to leave Windows Mobile and go Android, specifically Droid X, and now I want to see how the DX can handle the hotspot functionality.<\/p>\n

One way to do this is to root the phone and install a wifi tethering app. Maybe I will do this, but not just yet. My concern about rooting is the potential of bricking the phone, not being to unroot it, and\/or the rooted phone won\u2019t get the OTA update to Froyo.<\/p>\n

Update<\/strong>: After reading that rooted Droid Incredible users cannot install the OTA Froyo update<\/a>, I am glad I held off on rooting my DX.<\/p>\n

So I decided to give the Verizon Wireless Hotspot a try for the next week or two. I have been running it for a few days and here are some early observations:<\/p>\n

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  1. \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 Using SpeedTest.net<\/a>, I am seeing 2.27Mbps down and 0.20 Mbps up.<\/li>\n
  2. \ud83d\ude41\u00a0 For some reason, turning on the Hotspot forces Bluetooth to be turned off. I do not like this! I use a set of Moto S2 bluetooth headphones at work to listen to music and podcasts. I also want to use the Hotspot at the same time. Gee, my beloved Touch Pro 2 did it all without even breaking a sweat! Why can\u2019t my 1GHz DX do the same? Hopefully the wifi tethering app will allow bluetooth to be on at the same time. BTW, enabling bluetooth while the Hotspot is on turns the Hotspot off.<\/li>\n
  3. \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 The Hotspot runs in Infrastructure mode \u2013 making it easier for devices to connect.<\/li>\n
  4. \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 The Hotspot supports the following encryption modes: None, WEP, WPA, WPA2<\/li>\n
  5. \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 The Hotspot allows up to 5 devices to connect simultaneously.<\/li>\n
  6. \ud83d\ude41\u00a0 The Hotspot costs an extra $20\/mn for which you only get 2GB of data each month.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    So it works and, except for my bluetooth issue and the additional cost, it works well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Earlier this month I wrote about Verizon Wireless\u2019 Hotspot service and how it is an additional $20\/mn charge and it uses its own 2GB data cap \u2013 separate from the unlimited data I am already paying for. Last week I decided to leave Windows Mobile and go Android, specifically Droid X, and now I want […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","has-post-thumbnail","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":13,"label":"Technology"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"Darren","author_link":"http:\/\/www.dandc.com\/?author=1"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":13,"name":"Technology","slug":"technology","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":13,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":27,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":13,"category_count":27,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Technology","category_nicename":"technology","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7GQ5E-2D","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":147,"url":"http:\/\/www.dandc.com\/?p=147","url_meta":{"origin":163,"position":0},"title":"Verizon Wireless Hotspot","author":"Darren","date":"August 11, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"It is very cool that the latest 3G smartphones from all US wireless companies now offer the ability for the phones to act as hotspots, supporting 5 - 8 wifi devices. 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