Welcome to our ProStore. Today we are featuring a brand new device to the verizon wireless product line. It's called: "FiveSpot Global Ready 3G Mobile HotSpot". One of the main features of this amazing wireless device is that it will give internet access to up to 5 PC's or 5 Mac's. It's very compact and it can easily fit in your pocket. The next feauture but not that obvious one aside from working on the 3G verizon wireless network, is the fact that this unit is a Global device and it can be used in over 200 countries other than the USA via GSM/GPRS/EDGE/WCDMA networks. Please read these articles about this new device:
Verizon Wireless has launched its new and final hotspot Five Spot Global 3G Mobile Ready, which is manufactured by ZTE USA. The Global Ready Five Spot ZTE 3G Mobile Hotspot claims to be the first world hotspot 3G ready. Location is the 3G Internet connection sharing with up to five Wi-Fi devices and also supports VPN.
Measuring 3.92 x 2.11 x 0.55 inches and comes pre-installed with a SIM card, the ZTE Global 3G Wireless-Ready Five Spot compatible with CDMA 1xEV-DO Rev. A / Rev 0 800/1900 MHz, WCDMA / HSDPA / HSUPA 850/1900/2100 MHz GSM / GPRS / EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz provides global data services in over 200 countries, more than 120 of these 3G speeds subscribe to a global access plan.
Global Promise
The Fivespot (made by ZTE) is a global version of the mobile hotspot, supporting both major versions of 3G technology--CDMA and GSM--and laying the foundation for Verizon’s claim to provide global data service in over 200 countries, with more than 120 of these at 3G speeds.
The Fivespot is a small, compact device measuring 3.92 by 2.11by 0.55 inches. It supports the two major global cellular data technologies: CDMA 1xEvDO Rev. A/Rev. 0 (the core Verizon North American service) and the worldwide GSM standards of GSM/GPRS/EDGE and WCDMA/HSDPA/HSUPA.
The Fivespot has a good, robust feature set that serves not only basic but also more sophisticated mobile hotspot applications. It can be used both as a Wi-Fi hotspot and as a USB tethered modem to a laptop.
It has an internal battery to provide up to 4 hours of mobile hotspot service for up to five Wi-Fi users. The battery can be recharged via a separate charger or for road warriors via a mini USB cable from a laptop.
To set up the device, we attached the included USB cable to a laptop and then installed Verizon’s VZAccess software. This software is available for most versions of Windows and Mac OS X and comes on internal Fivespot storage--eliminating the need for a software installation CD.
VZAccess is then used in the Fivespot’s USB wired tethering mode to activate the device on the Verizon CDMA network--essentially as a USB 3G modem for the laptop.
Once activated, the Fivespot is disconnected from the laptop. After you power it down and start it up, it functions as a Wi-Fi hotspot. The Fivespot’s Wi-Fi default SSID and password (printed on the bottom of the device) quickly gives browser access to the configuration Web pages of the device.
The default configuration is perfectly adequate, and once powered up, the Fivespot delivered a high performance bubble of Verizon mobile Internet with no further configuring. The Fivespot provides a full range of firewall and VPN features for more sophisticated applications.
Solid Performance
We put the Fivespot through an unusually regime--several hundred performance tests with an assortment of Wi-Fi devices in a variety of indoor and outdoor locations in San Francisco.
The device delivered outstanding 3G performance on Verizon’s 3G CDMA Rev. A network, matching the performance of the category-defining and exceeding the performance of several smartphones that double as mobile hotspots.
We found that the laptop reliably had over 1.5 megabits per second in average download speed via Wi-Fi, but that an iPhone 3GS, an iPad, and Sprint's HTC Hero all achieved only 80 percent of that speed. We suspect that there is some performance issue here with handheld devices, as we have seen a similar throughput problem with other mobile WAN gateways.
We wanted to test the Fivespot not just in CDMA mode, but in GSM mode, as it would be overseas. However, when we tried to replace the Verizon-provided SIM with a data SIM from another carrier, it would not work. We suspect that this is Verizon’s way of making sure you activate the Verizon SIM for roaming when you go overseas. (unlocking device will solve this problem)
Conclusion
The Fivespot is the forerunner of a that have the innate capability to work on more than one network technology, and on more than one carrier. New mobile hotspots and smartphones with these capabilities will begin to appear in the first half of 2011. And we can hope that the cost of connecting all around the world with a single device will become much less expensive.
There's nothing wrong with the technology inside ZTE's Fivespot. The device plainly illustrates how, for now, our ability to enjoy the promise of anywhere/anytime Internet access is limited not by technology but by the business model of the carrier. In other words, do not use verizon service when roaming. Unlock the unit and use local providers depending where you are traveling.
Thanks for stopping by and please buy with confidence. When you buy this unit from us you do not need to sign a contract with verizon. You can be on a month to month plan because you are buying the hotspot device outright. Here are the plans available from verizon wireless:
Monthly Access Fee $20 $35 $50 $80
Monthly Data Allowed 1GB 3GB 5GB 10GB
Per GB rate after allow $20 $10 $10 $10
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