Verizon's new 4G modem

The modem situation on Verizon's 4G network has not been pretty for the last months. But Big Red has finally introduced a new 4G modem that covers their entire spectrum, deployed and "yet-to-be". It's the U620L and it replaces the "a lot to be desired" 551L modem. It came out in mid-July and we've already integrated support in our ACCESS and LiveShot firmware. LiveShot beta firmware is available now, and ACCESS support is coming in 4.0

Allow me a line or two to whine about USB modems. This is Verizon's fourth-gen 4G modem. So far each modem has used an entirely different software interface, (requiring a firmware update)and a different SIM card size (the U620L uses the Apple-style nano SIM).

Keep making it easy on us Verizon, we love you!

CrossLock is coming to ACCESS/BRIC-Link

We'll be cutting a beta-level release of new audio codec firmware in a couple of weeks.  It will be all about reliability.

As you many have noticed, we've been toiling hard the last few years in the video segment.  It's a lot harder to move video over 3G/4G networks than audio, since it's 10-20 times the digital bandwidth for HD video. So this required that we take a look at how we can stabilize a poor data channel even further. It also required the ability to aggregate multiple IP networks for increased bandwidth.

What we came up with for video was coined "CrossLock". Essentially it's entirely new VPN layer that gets established between your hardware devices. It has all new error correction facilities (including both FEC and ARQ styles) throttling, and the ability to use multiple networks on each end of the link. It's the "killer app" for IP reliability and it's time to deliver it to audio codec users in firmware 4.0

Watch this space for firmware 4.0 release before Sept 1.