Verizon 890L Slooooow Even with Strong Connection

Even with 4-5 WAN bars, the device won't connect at more than 1xCDMA. My client reports that if he holds the device in just the right place in his house (~5 miles out of town, I live in town) he can get a 3G connection. We live in a small town in the high desert of north-central Oregon, so it would not be surprising if there was only one tower visible from our location. His HP G60 had random problems with making a WiFi connection to the device.
I have updated the BIOS and all the drivers on his laptop. My Thinkpad has never had any trouble making a WiFi connection, but suffers the same extreme WAN performance problems.
I can't seem to get the device to even check for a firmware update. I have been through every option in both the device's menu, and its http GUI. The device's menu has a "Software Update" option, but the only option on the menu is "Status," which seems to do absolutely nothing.other than pop up an EMPTY screen with Name and Status fields.
Richard

Sounds like an issue with the Jetpack and not with your computer.
First steps are to perform the standard resets and hope that the issue is temporary. For a performance problem like the one you describe I would suggest removing the SIM card for around 15-30 seconds and trying again in an area that is known to have strong coverage. The next reset would be to press and hold the Restore Defaults button while the device is powered on. Between these two resets the Jetpack should be able to recover if the problem was temporary.
Anything beyond that should get called into VZW for servicing under the warranty.

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