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Jack Mayer


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This link will take you to a Google document reviewing the Pepwave Surf SOHO mobile router. I compare it to the WiFIRanger Go, and the Cradlepoint 95.

 

If you have comments or observation based on your own use I'd love to hear them. 

 

The SOHO is a very nice product - take a look at the review if you are in the market for a mobile router.

 

My review equipment was provided by the 3GStore, which would be an excellent source for the product.



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Jack: Thanks for the review. I have been waiting for it. I am not going to throw my Cradlepoint 95 out, since it mostly does what I want and I have other uses for the money. But, I had the feeling the SOHO was a better product if I was making a recommendation today.

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Thanks for the review. We just bought the WiFi Ranger Go and have been very happy with it, not sure I would have chosen anything different, but I guess every year or so we need to review and reconsider..

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In regards to Jack's review I think it's an excellent review as always! I wanted to point out that existing SOHO users should upgrade to the latest 6.0.3 firmware here - http://download.peplink.com/firmware/fw-br1-6.0.3.zip

There was a bug on the previous firmware version that caused usage tracking to vanish if the unit was power cycled. The latest update will preserve data tracking if you turn the unit off or have a power outage.



-- Edited by 3Gstore_Matt on Tuesday 23rd of July 2013 08:32:02 AM

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I think I might be missing someting but I talked with Millenicom today and the rep said they do not use Verizon instead they use Sprint.  Do you know if this is a change in Millenicom? The SOHO w/o the auto switcing ability of 3g/4g  could be a issue with Sprint for their system does not have the 4G coverage that Verizon has.  I enjoyed your article and learned alot for this is new to me...setting up a rv with wifi.  Right now I have a 2yr contract with a smart phone with Verizon and can use the phone to get onto the internet and I'm thinking I could teather the Router to my Phone and than run our pc's, tablets and wireless printer if needed. The Millenicom service at 69.99/ month for 20gb is a better deal than my cell phone data plan. Thanks again for the article and any comments would be apprreciated for I can use all the help I can get.



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The Millenicom plan with 20G for $70 and the Jetpack is on Verizon. The unlimited plan, and some others like BYOD are Sprint. The rep you talked to was probably thinking of those.

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Ok Thanks for the information



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Pepwave is giving away one Surf SOHO each week for the next 4 weeks by liking and sharing this Facebook post - www.facebook.com/photo.php

They'll be randomly choosing a winner each week to receive a brand new Surf SOHO for free!

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