Where are you located, and does Whispernet work for you?

[katrayher]

Adelanto California about 90 miles northeast of Los Angeles. And I have full bars at my house

[kindlekathy]

Aloha, Oregon - just outside Portland.
I always get 5 bars, no problem.
Anyone else in Oregon?

[Essensia]

Central Florida, Lake Wales, home of the highest point in peninsular Florida, a whopping 300ish feet above sea level!  And home of the lovely singing Bok Tower.

I get 4 to 5 bars.  It's a 1x connection, not EVDO, but my books arrive in less than a minute.

[KCFoggin]

Okay, guess I'll have to hold off downloading for a few days.  As always, thanks guys for the rapid responses.

[Heidi]

I live in a very rural town in Southwestern Virginia and Whispernet works for me.  I usually have 2 or 3 bars.

[eblackhawk]

I'm in southern middle TN (Lewisburg), and for the most part no whispernet bars. However, if I travel several miles from here  west, north, or south, I can pick up 3 or 4 bars--enough to download to my Kindle.
                                                                                                                     Eric

[Anju No. 469]

I am sooooo jealous    no whispernet in Mexico - enjoy it y'all, even if you do have to drive.  But then my DH is happy because our one click is not as much as it would be otherwise 

[chynared21]

Staten Island?  Are you kidding me?  I was 7th generation Staten Islander before I moved to Myrtle Beach.

I bet things have changed a lot there.

Would I kid about Staten Island???  Yep, lots has changed here in the 23 years I've been here....population almost at 500K whereas it was just over 200K when I got here. I was born in Manhattan though.

Funny, my mom doesn't live far from you, just over the border in NC 

[GrammieCheryl]

I live in Maine on the coast, near Bar Harbor, no whispernet unless I drive about 30 miles.  But, I can sit on my couch with my kindle and look at some of the prettiest sunsets you ever did see.

[Jamjar]

I live 35 miles south of Seattle and Whispernet is great.  Usually 4-5 bars everyday.  Whispernet is a wonderful invention.

Judy

[amishee]

I live in Montana,  one of the states that doesn't have Wispernet.  I travel with my kindle though, and use
it then.  Otherwise I connect to download through the internet. 

[Rivery]

I'm about 30 miles NW of Madison WI.  Depends on where in my house I am as to how may bars, but I usually don't have any trouble with WN.

[nickih75]

I'm in West Michigan.  And as long as I'm not in the house my WhisperNet works just fine here.  For some reason our house doesn't like cell phone signals and none of them work inside.. 

My DH did put in a cell phone repeater, but it doesn't work with the Sprint/Nextel services.. LOL naturally right?

[eblackhawk]

Would I kid about Staten Island???  Yep, lots has changed here in the 23 years I've been here....population almost at 500K whereas it was just over 200K when I got here. I was born in Manhattan though.

Funny, my mom doesn't live far from you, just over the border in NC 

Chinared21, I too was born and raised in Manhattan (Hell's Kitchen to be precise!).
                                                                                                                       Eric

[candggmom]

Whispernet works great in northernmost and easternmost NC.  Little rural town but I think being 20 minutes from Virginia helps.

Kathy

[thresel]

Rural north Idaho, no bars, well we have lots of bars but no whispernet.  I bundle up my Kindle and drive through the snow over the mountain pass to Coeur D'Alene once in awhile and then can download my books.  Otherwise it's the old usb and computer deal for me.  I'm content with the situation though. 

[Vicki]

I am in border city in Minnesota. Much to my surprise, I get 5 bars at home, ironically right in front of the kitchen window. Tonight we went to some friends who live even farther into the boonies than we do and I even had reception there. Considering that our area is not a big Sprint area, we all found this interesting.

[ak rain]

I am sooooo jealous    no whispernet in Mexico - enjoy it y'all, even if you do have to drive.  But then my DH is happy because our one click is not as much as it would be otherwise 

I so agree Anju,

I am sure it saves me on the one click.

I am in AK _ I have family in Mexico. Wish I could see them more so say Hello to the area for me

Sylvia

[luvshihtzu]

I just got my Kindle delivered on 12/29 (Last Monday) here in Tucson, AZ. Everything seemed to work fine except couldn't download book samples or free books or make a purchase.  4-5 bars shown at all times.  The Kindle Store was shown on screen and did show customer reviews and a written review of the books.

The message shown on my screen every time I tried to purchase or get a sample was saying "Your Kindle is unable to establish a secure connection.  If this condition persists, please call Amazon Customer Service at 866-321-8851 or 206-266-0927."

Monday night called Kindle Support where the first rep. said I didn't have Whispernet and wouldn't have any.  My signal strength was too low. 

Then I drove my Kindle all around Tucson without any connections.

Tuesday, I tried a hard reset with help of the second rep. He said I would get a phone call in a couple of days letting me know IF I was going to get a replacement Kindle.  After two days of waiting for the phone call, I was told by e-mail that a new Kindle would be sent overnight.

Checked my Amazon account to see if the replacement Kindle had been shipped, it showed that it would be March before anything would be shipped.  I called Customer Service again on Friday 1/02 and after being told that no Kindles were in stock, another shipment might be in within 3 days, and I would receive a new Kindle by the 9th of January.  So, I mentioned that if my new Kindle wasn't delivered by the 9th, I was returning my broken Kindle to Amazon for a full refund.

An hour or so later, checked my Amazon account again and glory be, Customer Service had just found a Kindle somewhere 2-3 minutes after my last phone call and it was already shipped.  Supposed to be delivered tomorrow by FedEx.

Sorry, this story is so long, just wished that Customer Service had been a little more forthright and told the truth.  Felt like they were trying to get me to just go away, but keep the broken Kindle I had been sent.  A very irritating experience after reading so many glowing reports of how great Kindle Customer Service treats their customers.

luvshihtzu

[RB]

North West New Jersey (about 45 minutes from NYC) - full signal with wispernet, but it does take a minute or so for it to come up..

[Dooterbug]

SW Ohio... works great everywhere I've had it!

[ProfCrash]

I have used my Kindle all over Northern Virginia and have always had whispernet connections. I took a trip to St. Louis the day I got my Kindle and it worked great in St. Louis.

[chynared21]

Chinared21, I too was born and raised in Manhattan (Hell's Kitchen to be precise!).
                                                                                                                       Eric

Born on 5th Avenue but my first home was in the 80's on the west side :-)

[ProfCrash]

Hell's Kitchen makes me think of food and really good looking British Chefs who swear a lot.

[patrisha w.]

Haha, I have one of those fake tree cell phone towers just down the road from me, but I think it is a Verizon tower. Does anyone get Sprint in Vermont? Maybe in Burlington.... OOH! I forgot, I will be going to Burlington soon... I hope it works there!

Hi, Miss Molly, I am in Winooski which is just down the road and over the bridge from Burlington and I get Whispernet fine in both Winooski and when I go to Burlington.

Patricia