i just called customer service and was told sprint no longer sells the airave. Can anyone confirm this or did i just talk to someone who is clueless?
for the airave call 1-877-775-4886 or 1-866-556-7310
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i just called customer service and was told sprint no longer sells the airave. Can anyone confirm this or did i just talk to someone who is clueless?
It looks like Sprint released a new and improved Airave that supports 3G connection. I dont need it, but thought some of you in this thread may find it useful.
Sprint's new Airave shipping to customers who 'qualify' -- Engadget Mobile
I just got the new version"Airvana"today, was expecting a regular Airave but was nice to see the updated hardware. Like you I don't need the 3G part, although for people visiting the house it could be useful. The 6 call limit vs 3 call is also nice, although would rarely be used. (Basically again when people with Sprint visit the house.) I don't know how well it works yet though, I just got it hooked up a few minutes ago, so it is going through the setup process, which takes a little while.
Edit: I mistakenly referred to the hardware model as "Airvana", but that is just the manufacturer. I had assumed it was an updated name because it is what is printed on the device, sorry for the error.
I cant wait to get my the new airave. After talking to 3 different reps I finally got it free of charge and no monthly fee.
if yours is working well now, why would you want to bother upgrading?
Especially, if you have Wifi in your house, you are already getting faster data speeds than you would with the new airave..
well, considering there is a shortage of these things right now, the "right" thing to do would be to wait until the people who REALLY need this to get reception in their houses actually get one..
If your the type of person who doesn't give a damn about anyone else but themselves, then go for it..
Considering you have made multiple posts about this item, I doubt you are doing it for "entertainment", but rather for selfish reasons
Mine is in the mail! I must say I am very impressed with sprint customer service... I explained how i have full 3g coverage out side of my apartment but only 1 bar inside. They then transferred me to retension and said they will send me an airwave system at no cost or monthly charge! I spent a total of 11 mins on the phone and ot was a done deal. Thanks for the info!
After using the updated Airave for a few days, I am very happy with it. Eventually I still need to move it to a bettery location, but I get 4-5 bars in most of the house. Upstairs I almost lose signal in the master bathroom, but everywhere else is not an issue. (My wifi connection from there is pretty poor as well.) Once I finish getting some CAT6 cabling run (part of an unrelated project for the media center PC to get it on the gigabit LAN) I'll be moving it to the main level. But so far no call drops or other issues!
One thing to note though ... when connected via 3G, it seems like there is a 600kbps cap on speeds. Now this is just an academic exercise for me, since I connect via wifi, but my speedtests I ran for testing with wifi turned off are pretty consistently in the 600kbps range up and down. My thoughts are since this is designed to run multiple phones, and based on their recommended ISP bandwidth for data, this is either intentional, or some sort of QOS for 3G data going through the airave that isn't quite optimized. (for reference: So far I tested with just one phone using it, I have the router set to give the Airave high priority in the router QOS settings, and my broadband connection is 60mbit down/5mbit up, so I have plenty of spare bandwidth available.)
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