Verizon Mobil Office in Fairplay, CO?

I tried using my Verizon Mobile Office in Fairplay CO and I was able to get
a connection but Internet Explorer was not able to find any web pages. I was
looking for webmail to check my e-mail. I am using an Audiovox 9100 and it
set and reeived quite a bit of stuff and showed activity, but kept saying
web pages were not found.

I have tried this in Golden, CO and it worked.

I guess I need to contact Verizon, but maybe someone else has some
experience? Do some towers not allow data communications?

Thanks,

Charles

I use Mobile Office. That happens to me at
times. It will happen when I am roaming on
an extended digital service, i.e., Sprint. Try
using Verizon Quick Connect or dialing into
your local ISP in that area.; Luck

Is their a directory of local ISP telephone numbers for Verizon?

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"Gator" <gator2@webmail.co.za> wrote in message
news:2i68g2FjmasmU1@uni-berlin.de...
> I use Mobile Office. That happens to me at
> times. It will happen when I am roaming on
> an extended digital service, i.e., Sprint. Try
> using Verizon Quick Connect or dialing into
> your local ISP in that area.; Luck
>
>

I was using a number for my local ISP in the Denver Metro area. 303 area
code. Fairplay is 719 area code.

Charles.

"Charles Stoyer" <cstoyer@interpex.com> wrote in message
news:yvSdneUYEpnYdCDdRVn-vg@4dv.net...
> I tried using my Verizon Mobile Office in Fairplay CO and I was able to
get
> a connection but Internet Explorer was not able to find any web pages. I
was
> looking for webmail to check my e-mail. I am using an Audiovox 9100 and it
> set and reeived quite a bit of stuff and showed activity, but kept saying
> web pages were not found.
>
> I have tried this in Golden, CO and it worked.
>
> I guess I need to contact Verizon, but maybe someone else has some
> experience? Do some towers not allow data communications?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Charles
>
>

Are you in a native verizon area or an extended verizon area? (what's the
front of your phone say?).
Are you dialing the data number #777 or do you have a regular phone number
in the software? (software dialing only, you can NOT dial the #777 from the
keypad!)

If you are in a native and many extended areas, you can tell MO to dial #777
and connect to verizons internal network connections, rather than try and
dial a long distance number. You also don't have to keep changing phone
numbers when you travel.

From your statements, I wonder if you are trying to dial a local ISP number,
that works in one place but not another. If so, try the #777 instead.

You should never have to dial a local (or long distance) isp phone number
with Mobile Office.

Essentially, you use #777 as the number, and the verizon network acts as
your isp/network server and connects you to the internet (mail servers are a
different animal).



"Charles Stoyer" <cstoyer@interpex.com> wrote in message
news:uYudnTZ77ox3kiPdRVn-gg@4dv.net
> I was using a number for my local ISP in the Denver Metro area. 303
> area code. Fairplay is 719 area code.
>
> Charles.
>
> "Charles Stoyer" <cstoyer@interpex.com> wrote in message
> news:yvSdneUYEpnYdCDdRVn-vg@4dv.net...
>> I tried using my Verizon Mobile Office in Fairplay CO and I was able
>> to get a connection but Internet Explorer was not able to find any
>> web pages. I was looking for webmail to check my e-mail. I am using
>> an Audiovox 9100 and it set and reeived quite a bit of stuff and
>> showed activity, but kept saying web pages were not found.
>>
>> I have tried this in Golden, CO and it worked.
>>
>> I guess I need to contact Verizon, but maybe someone else has some
>> experience? Do some towers not allow data communications?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Charles

Mobile office should work there if Verizon has done a digital upgrade.
The last time I was there, September 2002, it was still Verizon Analog.

Charles Stoyer wrote:
> I tried using my Verizon Mobile Office in Fairplay CO and I was able to get
> a connection but Internet Explorer was not able to find any web pages. I was
> looking for webmail to check my e-mail. I am using an Audiovox 9100 and it
> set and reeived quite a bit of stuff and showed activity, but kept saying
> web pages were not found.
>
> I have tried this in Golden, CO and it worked.
>
> I guess I need to contact Verizon, but maybe someone else has some
> experience? Do some towers not allow data communications?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Charles
>
>

I will look more closely at what I am doing, but I am using the mobil office
thing and then trying to connect to my own ISP. Does it cost more than
normal minutes to dial the #777 if that is not what I am doing?

Charles.

"Peter Pan" <Marcs1102NOSPAM@Hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:2i6j17Fj8n5eU1@uni-berlin.de...
> Are you in a native verizon area or an extended verizon area? (what's the
> front of your phone say?).
> Are you dialing the data number #777 or do you have a regular phone number
> in the software? (software dialing only, you can NOT dial the #777 from
the
> keypad!)
>
> If you are in a native and many extended areas, you can tell MO to dial
#777
> and connect to verizons internal network connections, rather than try and
> dial a long distance number. You also don't have to keep changing phone
> numbers when you travel.
>
> From your statements, I wonder if you are trying to dial a local ISP
number,
> that works in one place but not another. If so, try the #777 instead.
>
> You should never have to dial a local (or long distance) isp phone number
> with Mobile Office.
>
> Essentially, you use #777 as the number, and the verizon network acts as
> your isp/network server and connects you to the internet (mail servers are
a
> different animal).
>
>
>
> "Charles Stoyer" <cstoyer@interpex.com> wrote in message
> news:uYudnTZ77ox3kiPdRVn-gg@4dv.net
> > I was using a number for my local ISP in the Denver Metro area. 303
> > area code. Fairplay is 719 area code.
> >
> > Charles.
> >
> > "Charles Stoyer" <cstoyer@interpex.com> wrote in message
> > news:yvSdneUYEpnYdCDdRVn-vg@4dv.net...
> >> I tried using my Verizon Mobile Office in Fairplay CO and I was able
> >> to get a connection but Internet Explorer was not able to find any
> >> web pages. I was looking for webmail to check my e-mail. I am using
> >> an Audiovox 9100 and it set and reeived quite a bit of stuff and
> >> showed activity, but kept saying web pages were not found.
> >>
> >> I have tried this in Golden, CO and it worked.
> >>
> >> I guess I need to contact Verizon, but maybe someone else has some
> >> experience? Do some towers not allow data communications?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Charles
>
>

We have digital service in Fairplay since about March 2003.

Charles.

"Hollis Ellis" <hollise1@cox.net> wrote in message
news%xvc.15482$6X.7835@lakeread03...
> Mobile office should work there if Verizon has done a digital upgrade.
> The last time I was there, September 2002, it was still Verizon Analog.
>
> Charles Stoyer wrote:
> > I tried using my Verizon Mobile Office in Fairplay CO and I was able to
get
> > a connection but Internet Explorer was not able to find any web pages. I
was
> > looking for webmail to check my e-mail. I am using an Audiovox 9100 and
it
> > set and reeived quite a bit of stuff and showed activity, but kept
saying
> > web pages were not found.
> >
> > I have tried this in Golden, CO and it worked.
> >
> > I guess I need to contact Verizon, but maybe someone else has some
> > experience? Do some towers not allow data communications?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Charles
> >
> >
>

This is a native Verizon area, used to be CommNet, bought by Airtouch,
bought by Verizon. Changed to digital service in about Feb/Mar 2003.

Charles.

"Peter Pan" <Marcs1102NOSPAM@Hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:2i6j17Fj8n5eU1@uni-berlin.de...
> Are you in a native verizon area or an extended verizon area? (what's the
> front of your phone say?).
> Are you dialing the data number #777 or do you have a regular phone number
> in the software? (software dialing only, you can NOT dial the #777 from
the
> keypad!)
>
> If you are in a native and many extended areas, you can tell MO to dial
#777
> and connect to verizons internal network connections, rather than try and
> dial a long distance number. You also don't have to keep changing phone
> numbers when you travel.
>
> From your statements, I wonder if you are trying to dial a local ISP
number,
> that works in one place but not another. If so, try the #777 instead.
>
> You should never have to dial a local (or long distance) isp phone number
> with Mobile Office.
>
> Essentially, you use #777 as the number, and the verizon network acts as
> your isp/network server and connects you to the internet (mail servers are
a
> different animal).
>
>
>
> "Charles Stoyer" <cstoyer@interpex.com> wrote in message
> news:uYudnTZ77ox3kiPdRVn-gg@4dv.net
> > I was using a number for my local ISP in the Denver Metro area. 303
> > area code. Fairplay is 719 area code.
> >
> > Charles.
> >
> > "Charles Stoyer" <cstoyer@interpex.com> wrote in message
> > news:yvSdneUYEpnYdCDdRVn-vg@4dv.net...
> >> I tried using my Verizon Mobile Office in Fairplay CO and I was able
> >> to get a connection but Internet Explorer was not able to find any
> >> web pages. I was looking for webmail to check my e-mail. I am using
> >> an Audiovox 9100 and it set and reeived quite a bit of stuff and
> >> showed activity, but kept saying web pages were not found.
> >>
> >> I have tried this in Golden, CO and it worked.
> >>
> >> I guess I need to contact Verizon, but maybe someone else has some
> >> experience? Do some towers not allow data communications?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Charles
>
>

No cost difference whatsoever, and if you connect using #777 instead of
calling long distance (or a local number if there is one), it is a direct
connect (takes less than a second) rather than a modem negotiation that
takes about 7 secs (handy when a reconnect happens too).

Real handy when travelling, you never have to worry about local numbers for
your ISP.



"charles stoyer" <interpex@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:vULvc.20563$Tn6.11388@newsread1.news.pas.eart hlink.net
> I will look more closely at what I am doing, but I am using the mobil
> office thing and then trying to connect to my own ISP. Does it cost
> more than normal minutes to dial the #777 if that is not what I am
> doing?
>
> Charles.
>
> "Peter Pan" <Marcs1102NOSPAM@Hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:2i6j17Fj8n5eU1@uni-berlin.de...
>> Are you in a native verizon area or an extended verizon area?
>> (what's the front of your phone say?).
>> Are you dialing the data number #777 or do you have a regular phone
>> number in the software? (software dialing only, you can NOT dial the
>> #777 from the keypad!)
>>
>> If you are in a native and many extended areas, you can tell MO to
>> dial #777 and connect to verizons internal network connections,
>> rather than try and dial a long distance number. You also don't have
>> to keep changing phone numbers when you travel.
>>
>> From your statements, I wonder if you are trying to dial a local ISP
>> number, that works in one place but not another. If so, try the #777
>> instead.
>>
>> You should never have to dial a local (or long distance) isp phone
>> number with Mobile Office.
>>
>> Essentially, you use #777 as the number, and the verizon network
>> acts as your isp/network server and connects you to the internet
>> (mail servers are a different animal).
>>
>>
>>
>> "Charles Stoyer" <cstoyer@interpex.com> wrote in message
>> news:uYudnTZ77ox3kiPdRVn-gg@4dv.net
>>> I was using a number for my local ISP in the Denver Metro area. 303
>>> area code. Fairplay is 719 area code.
>>>
>>> Charles.
>>>
>>> "Charles Stoyer" <cstoyer@interpex.com> wrote in message
>>> news:yvSdneUYEpnYdCDdRVn-vg@4dv.net...
>>>> I tried using my Verizon Mobile Office in Fairplay CO and I was
>>>> able to get a connection but Internet Explorer was not able to
>>>> find any web pages. I was looking for webmail to check my e-mail.
>>>> I am using an Audiovox 9100 and it set and reeived quite a bit of
>>>> stuff and showed activity, but kept saying web pages were not
>>>> found.
>>>>
>>>> I have tried this in Golden, CO and it worked.
>>>>
>>>> I guess I need to contact Verizon, but maybe someone else has some
>>>> experience? Do some towers not allow data communications?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Charles

Then changing your mobile office number to call to #777 is perfect. Will
connect a lot quicker (less than a second, no modem negotiation).
You also never have to worry about local numbers for your ISP when
travelling.



"charles stoyer" <interpex@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:MVLvc.20567$Tn6.11403@newsread1.news.pas.eart hlink.net
> This is a native Verizon area, used to be CommNet, bought by Airtouch,
> bought by Verizon. Changed to digital service in about Feb/Mar 2003.
>
> Charles.
>
> "Peter Pan" <Marcs1102NOSPAM@Hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:2i6j17Fj8n5eU1@uni-berlin.de...
>> Are you in a native verizon area or an extended verizon area?
>> (what's the front of your phone say?).
>> Are you dialing the data number #777 or do you have a regular phone
>> number in the software? (software dialing only, you can NOT dial the
>> #777 from the keypad!)
>>
>> If you are in a native and many extended areas, you can tell MO to
>> dial #777 and connect to verizons internal network connections,
>> rather than try and dial a long distance number. You also don't have
>> to keep changing phone numbers when you travel.
>>
>> From your statements, I wonder if you are trying to dial a local ISP
>> number, that works in one place but not another. If so, try the #777
>> instead.
>>
>> You should never have to dial a local (or long distance) isp phone
>> number with Mobile Office.
>>
>> Essentially, you use #777 as the number, and the verizon network
>> acts as your isp/network server and connects you to the internet
>> (mail servers are a different animal).
>>
>>
>>
>> "Charles Stoyer" <cstoyer@interpex.com> wrote in message
>> news:uYudnTZ77ox3kiPdRVn-gg@4dv.net
>>> I was using a number for my local ISP in the Denver Metro area. 303
>>> area code. Fairplay is 719 area code.
>>>
>>> Charles.
>>>
>>> "Charles Stoyer" <cstoyer@interpex.com> wrote in message
>>> news:yvSdneUYEpnYdCDdRVn-vg@4dv.net...
>>>> I tried using my Verizon Mobile Office in Fairplay CO and I was
>>>> able to get a connection but Internet Explorer was not able to
>>>> find any web pages. I was looking for webmail to check my e-mail.
>>>> I am using an Audiovox 9100 and it set and reeived quite a bit of
>>>> stuff and showed activity, but kept saying web pages were not
>>>> found.
>>>>
>>>> I have tried this in Golden, CO and it worked.
>>>>
>>>> I guess I need to contact Verizon, but maybe someone else has some
>>>> experience? Do some towers not allow data communications?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Charles

Then changing your mobile office number to call to #777 is perfect. Will
connect a lot quicker (less than a second, no modem negotiation).
You also never have to worry about local numbers for your ISP when
travelling.



"charles stoyer" <interpex@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:MVLvc.20567$Tn6.11403@newsread1.news.pas.eart hlink.net
> This is a native Verizon area, used to be CommNet, bought by Airtouch,
> bought by Verizon. Changed to digital service in about Feb/Mar 2003.
>
> Charles.
>
> "Peter Pan" <Marcs1102NOSPAM@Hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:2i6j17Fj8n5eU1@uni-berlin.de...
>> Are you in a native verizon area or an extended verizon area?
>> (what's the front of your phone say?).
>> Are you dialing the data number #777 or do you have a regular phone
>> number in the software? (software dialing only, you can NOT dial the
>> #777 from the keypad!)
>>
>> If you are in a native and many extended areas, you can tell MO to
>> dial #777 and connect to verizons internal network connections,
>> rather than try and dial a long distance number. You also don't have
>> to keep changing phone numbers when you travel.
>>
>> From your statements, I wonder if you are trying to dial a local ISP
>> number, that works in one place but not another. If so, try the #777
>> instead.
>>
>> You should never have to dial a local (or long distance) isp phone
>> number with Mobile Office.
>>
>> Essentially, you use #777 as the number, and the verizon network
>> acts as your isp/network server and connects you to the internet
>> (mail servers are a different animal).
>>
>>
>>
>> "Charles Stoyer" <cstoyer@interpex.com> wrote in message
>> news:uYudnTZ77ox3kiPdRVn-gg@4dv.net
>>> I was using a number for my local ISP in the Denver Metro area. 303
>>> area code. Fairplay is 719 area code.
>>>
>>> Charles.
>>>
>>> "Charles Stoyer" <cstoyer@interpex.com> wrote in message
>>> news:yvSdneUYEpnYdCDdRVn-vg@4dv.net...
>>>> I tried using my Verizon Mobile Office in Fairplay CO and I was
>>>> able to get a connection but Internet Explorer was not able to
>>>> find any web pages. I was looking for webmail to check my e-mail.
>>>> I am using an Audiovox 9100 and it set and reeived quite a bit of
>>>> stuff and showed activity, but kept saying web pages were not
>>>> found.
>>>>
>>>> I have tried this in Golden, CO and it worked.
>>>>
>>>> I guess I need to contact Verizon, but maybe someone else has some
>>>> experience? Do some towers not allow data communications?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Charles

Charles,
I traded places with my wife, and as she drove I was able to surf away all
the way from Glenwood Canyon through Breckenridege. It was near Hoosier
Pass that the road was too curvy, and the scenery too nice, to continue.
But I'm fairly certain I was accessing the Fairplay site right before
shutdown. There could easily be a trunk problem that VZW might never know
about unless a couple people complain.

I am not using Mobile Office software, I am just using #777 and qnc with a
generic driver for XP.

Life does get weird over the pass since Fairplay is no longer Qwest
landlines. Also, there is a new site being built over Roberts Tunnel. If
you're closer to Jefferson you may access that site instead of Fairplay and
it'll be all-new. Since the digital upgrade, signal strength has improved
from Fairplay, but it's still hit or miss in Indian Mountain and The
Buffalo.

Bill Radio
Click for Western U.S. Wireless Reviews at:
http://www.mountainwireless.com

"charles stoyer" <interpex@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:XULvc.20565$Tn6.782@newsread1.news.pas.earthl ink.net...
> > > Charles Stoyer wrote:
> > > I tried using my Verizon Mobile Office in Fairplay CO and I was able
to
> get
> > > a connection but Internet Explorer was not able to find any web pages.
I
> was
> > > looking for webmail to check my e-mail. I am using an Audiovox 9100
and
> it
> > > set and reeived quite a bit of stuff and showed activity, but kept
> saying
> > > web pages were not found.

Thanks, Bill. I was wondering where you were.

I am West of Fairplay, at 11,000 feet about 1/3 of the way to Leadville (if
you are a crow. If you are not a crow, this won't take you to Leadville). We
are along Fourmile Creek on CR 18, at the base of Lamb Mountain.

So we are "looking" at the Fairplay tower. I need to try this again in
Golden, pay attention, then try again up there and call Verizon on my wife's
phone if I have problems.

As I said, the little lights on the icon in the task bar indicated it was
working right, the mobile office statistics agreed with sent and received
bytes in the little icon, but I could not access any web pages. Otherwise,
it "seemed" to be working.

Charles.

"Bill Radio" <Wireless@MountainWirelessNOSPAN.com> wrote in message
news:10c01h6l0b4q588@corp.supernews.com...
> Charles,
> I traded places with my wife, and as she drove I was able to surf away all
> the way from Glenwood Canyon through Breckenridege. It was near Hoosier
> Pass that the road was too curvy, and the scenery too nice, to continue.
> But I'm fairly certain I was accessing the Fairplay site right before
> shutdown. There could easily be a trunk problem that VZW might never know
> about unless a couple people complain.
>
> I am not using Mobile Office software, I am just using #777 and qnc with a
> generic driver for XP.
>
> Life does get weird over the pass since Fairplay is no longer Qwest
> landlines. Also, there is a new site being built over Roberts Tunnel. If
> you're closer to Jefferson you may access that site instead of Fairplay
and
> it'll be all-new. Since the digital upgrade, signal strength has improved
> from Fairplay, but it's still hit or miss in Indian Mountain and The
> Buffalo.
>
> Bill Radio
> Click for Western U.S. Wireless Reviews at:
> http://www.mountainwireless.com
>
> "charles stoyer" <interpex@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:XULvc.20565$Tn6.782@newsread1.news.pas.earthl ink.net...
> > > > Charles Stoyer wrote:
> > > > I tried using my Verizon Mobile Office in Fairplay CO and I was able
> to
> > get
> > > > a connection but Internet Explorer was not able to find any web
pages.
> I
> > was
> > > > looking for webmail to check my e-mail. I am using an Audiovox 9100
> and
> > it
> > > > set and reeived quite a bit of stuff and showed activity, but kept
> > saying
> > > > web pages were not found.
>
>

Charles,
I didn't know there were cabins up that far! We camp above Leavick when we
climb Mt. Sherman. I wonder of there is more multi-path there than your
browser can handle? Can you slow down your connect speed? Can you try it
in a spot with a better shot at the Fairplay tower, like down on rt 285?

If you're making a connection, the rest shouldn't depend on Verizon, there
ought to be something else amiss.

BTW. I was thrilled that the new Leadville site is on the air as of last
month! It won't help you until you get to the top, it's right in town. But
now I can go into my favorite coffee shop in the state and not lose service!

Can you try an outside antenna? My friends added a yagi at Indian Mountain
and it has made all the difference. You may need to kill some stray
signals.

-Bill

"Charles Stoyer" <cstoyer@interpex.com> wrote in message
news:g6adneyE5LJl3FzdRVn-vw@4dv.net...
> Thanks, Bill. I was wondering where you were.
>
> I am West of Fairplay, at 11,000 feet about 1/3 of the way to Leadville
(if
> you are a crow. If you are not a crow, this won't take you to Leadville).
We
> are along Fourmile Creek on CR 18, at the base of Lamb Mountain.
>
> So we are "looking" at the Fairplay tower. I need to try this again in
> Golden, pay attention, then try again up there and call Verizon on my
wife's
> phone if I have problems.
>
> As I said, the little lights on the icon in the task bar indicated it was
> working right, the mobile office statistics agreed with sent and received
> bytes in the little icon, but I could not access any web pages. Otherwise,
> it "seemed" to be working.
>
> Charles.
>
> "Bill Radio" <Wireless@MountainWirelessNOSPAN.com> wrote in message
> news:10c01h6l0b4q588@corp.supernews.com...
> > Charles,
> > I traded places with my wife, and as she drove I was able to surf away
all
> > the way from Glenwood Canyon through Breckenridege. It was near Hoosier
> > Pass that the road was too curvy, and the scenery too nice, to continue.
> > But I'm fairly certain I was accessing the Fairplay site right before
> > shutdown. There could easily be a trunk problem that VZW might never
know
> > about unless a couple people complain.
> >
> > I am not using Mobile Office software, I am just using #777 and qnc with
a
> > generic driver for XP.
> >
> > Life does get weird over the pass since Fairplay is no longer Qwest
> > landlines. Also, there is a new site being built over Roberts Tunnel.
If
> > you're closer to Jefferson you may access that site instead of Fairplay
> and
> > it'll be all-new. Since the digital upgrade, signal strength has
improved
> > from Fairplay, but it's still hit or miss in Indian Mountain and The
> > Buffalo.
> >
> > Bill Radio
> > Click for Western U.S. Wireless Reviews at:
> > http://www.mountainwireless.com
> >
> > "charles stoyer" <interpex@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> > news:XULvc.20565$Tn6.782@newsread1.news.pas.earthl ink.net...
> > > > > Charles Stoyer wrote:
> > > > > I tried using my Verizon Mobile Office in Fairplay CO and I was
able
> > to
> > > get
> > > > > a connection but Internet Explorer was not able to find any web
> pages.
> > I
> > > was
> > > > > looking for webmail to check my e-mail. I am using an Audiovox
9100
> > and
> > > it
> > > > > set and reeived quite a bit of stuff and showed activity, but kept
> > > saying
> > > > > web pages were not found.
> >
> >
>
>