We use 1X/EVDO for telemetry polling, but find that the latency is very high with VZW to Verizon wired networks located in east Texas, so if your network is on the west coast, every packet traverses the US continent twice even though the endpoints may be less than 100 miles (or even 1 mile) apart. VZW also tears down the cell tower to cell modem connection every 24 hours, resulting in IP connectivity loss, so this service is no good for high availability applications. AT&T Mobility has a similar service, but they keep the connection up all the time allowing the network designer to use their service for high availability applications. AT&T's gateways are in the Pacific Northwest, I believe, so the latency problem is the same. On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 7:53 AM, Christopher J. Pilkington <cjp@0x1.net>wrote:

Is anyone using Verizon 1xRTT/EVDO ("3G") for OOB work? I'm trying to sort out how exactly to order a compatible service from them. Unfortunately I don't manage our Verizon Wireless relationship, so I need to be specific.

Is there a service code or name they refer to this service as? Looking for low bandwidth, static IP.

-cjp