For quite a while now I have been tethering using the 3G connection on my Android phone and the App PDANet. It wasn't idea, but it was my best option. Often times I would connect my phone to the computer, and everything would work fine for a few minutes and then the speed would start to get slower and slower until I was basically dealing with dialup speeds. This has basically been the norm for quite some time, ever since I started using more data by playing World of Warcraft when tethering. Since the speed seemed to also be slow when just using my phone, whether it be the browser or watching videos, etc. then I just assumed that it was something that Verizon was doing; throttling my usage since I'm using so much data.
Well now all of a sudden, 4G is available at my house. I hoped this would solve my problems. In a way it did, but it has also just presented new ones. Now when I tether my phone to the computer, the speed is great, but again only for a short time, maybe 30 seconds, maybe 10 minutes, but eventually the internet seems to sort of "lock up". It's hard to explain. It clearly isn't a problem with the speed. It isn't slowing down. In fact if I'm running a program, like a Java program such as a fantasy football draft or a chat room or something then that will just continue to work fine for as long as I want it to, but if I try to open a new tab or start doing something else then I just get a "Waiting for <site name>" message and it almost never loads. The same thing happens when playing World of Warcraft. If I am playing the game it will be working great, better than it ever did before, but after I've been on a few, then if I try to "zone" or do anything that requires a brief load screen, then that will basically lock it up and I'll have to log all the way out and restart my tether connection to get back in.
I'm sorry if I'm not explaining this well enough. It's a bit difficult. I'm just trying to say that it clearly isn't a problem with the speeds slowing down, it's more like it just quits trying to load new things. When I just use my phone, this doesn't happen. The speeds are great there and don't seem to slow down or have any issues at all so this leads me to believe that it isn't something Verizon is doing and is a problem on my end. I've tried using a different tethering app, EasyTether as well and it does the same thing.
If there was some information that I didn't give, just let me know. I would really appreciate any information or help that anyone can give me. This having to disconnect my phone and restart my tether connection every minute or so while just browsing the web is getting old fast.
Thanks in advance.
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OS Version: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium, Service Pack 1, 64 bit
Processor: AMD E2-3200 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics, AMD64 Family 18 Model 1 Stepping 0
Processor Count: 2
RAM: 3570 Mb
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon HD6370D Graphics, 512 Mb
Hard Drives: C: Total - 941847 MB, Free - 856788 MB; D: Total - 11918 MB, Free - 1458 MB;
Motherboard: PEGATRON CORPORATION, 2ACF
Antivirus: Norton Internet Security, Disabled
Well now all of a sudden, 4G is available at my house. I hoped this would solve my problems. In a way it did, but it has also just presented new ones. Now when I tether my phone to the computer, the speed is great, but again only for a short time, maybe 30 seconds, maybe 10 minutes, but eventually the internet seems to sort of "lock up". It's hard to explain. It clearly isn't a problem with the speed. It isn't slowing down. In fact if I'm running a program, like a Java program such as a fantasy football draft or a chat room or something then that will just continue to work fine for as long as I want it to, but if I try to open a new tab or start doing something else then I just get a "Waiting for <site name>" message and it almost never loads. The same thing happens when playing World of Warcraft. If I am playing the game it will be working great, better than it ever did before, but after I've been on a few, then if I try to "zone" or do anything that requires a brief load screen, then that will basically lock it up and I'll have to log all the way out and restart my tether connection to get back in.
I'm sorry if I'm not explaining this well enough. It's a bit difficult. I'm just trying to say that it clearly isn't a problem with the speeds slowing down, it's more like it just quits trying to load new things. When I just use my phone, this doesn't happen. The speeds are great there and don't seem to slow down or have any issues at all so this leads me to believe that it isn't something Verizon is doing and is a problem on my end. I've tried using a different tethering app, EasyTether as well and it does the same thing.
If there was some information that I didn't give, just let me know. I would really appreciate any information or help that anyone can give me. This having to disconnect my phone and restart my tether connection every minute or so while just browsing the web is getting old fast.
Thanks in advance.
Tech Support Guy System Info Utility version 1.0.0.2
OS Version: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium, Service Pack 1, 64 bit
Processor: AMD E2-3200 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics, AMD64 Family 18 Model 1 Stepping 0
Processor Count: 2
RAM: 3570 Mb
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon HD6370D Graphics, 512 Mb
Hard Drives: C: Total - 941847 MB, Free - 856788 MB; D: Total - 11918 MB, Free - 1458 MB;
Motherboard: PEGATRON CORPORATION, 2ACF
Antivirus: Norton Internet Security, Disabled