[kristian]

Issue using cellular USB on Dell 4700 vs Dell Inspiron 8600

Ok, my brother has Alltel USB cellular card that you plug in and get EVDO internet because thats the only broadband choice he has. His daughters Inspiron Laptop works fab using this. Plenty fast. He has a real old desktop Compaq, that crawls using that so I told him to bring the USB card over and try it on my Dell 4700.
I consider the 4700 to be a pretty nice computer, but after we installed it we got 5 bars (the tower is within sight) got EVDO sig, but the speed ***. Watching the same Youtube video, there were no pauses using the laptop, but it repeatedly buffered when using the 4700 (using the Network card). When the 4700 was on my DSL connection there are no pauses, so logically it dont seem to be a computer/processor/RAM issue. Infact the 4700 has a P42.8ghz, 3 gig of RAM.

Why would the cellular connection work with the Inspiron at about 2x - 3x faster than when connected to the 4700.

Inquiring minds want to know.