 en102Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | Good for them I've mentioned it before... its the old 'KISS' style. Keep it simple stupid.
Sprint has all 1900 MHz sites and requires only one frequency to work with, and doesn't have to slice up spectrum and reinvent the wheel to make it happen. Having 850/1900 in an area isn't a bad thing...it just increases the cost (dual frequency radios for everything), and having to slice up the network to balance it correctly for use. The only thing that Sprint could do better, is offer more coverage than urban/interstate.
As a user on a Cingular 850/1900 network, I can tell that 850 gets clobbered with use as the signal is typically stronger in any given area than its 1900 MHz counter part, leading to garbled AMR-half rate calls. As a Motorola user, disabling AMR-half rate is an easy thing though 
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1 edit | Well hearing that Sprint maintains only the 1900 frequency what does Verizon maintain?
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kudos:1 | Quoted from the article posted on BBR.
"Verizon has offered no timetable for their Revision A upgrade plans. The company is facing a longer timeline than Sprint due to the fact that more than 50% of its network consists of 800mhz towers already feeling network strain (compared to Sprint's full array of 1900mhz towers)."
Not to come off as a wise ass or anything, but it is right there....
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shoan
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Benton, AR | ok could I buy some sort of adapter to hook this up to my home desktop and use this for internet access vs dial up or satalite. Wild blue is not selling in our area due to overloading or what not right now and no dsl or cable |
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Lakewood, OH | reply to N3OGH
well there is the 850, 900, 1800, 1900 I wasn't sure what else may be there. It also does not specify if and what different frequencies they use for data or voice and if there is a difference.
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League City, TX | reply to N3OGH
said by N3OGH:Quoted from the article posted on BBR. "Verizon has offered no timetable for their Revision A upgrade plans. The company is facing a longer timeline than Sprint due to the fact that more than 50% of its network consists of 800mhz towers already feeling network strain (compared to Sprint's full array of 1900mhz towers)." Not to come off as a wise ass or anything, but it is right there.... No time table as in no date established (Like October 2007 or something) I guess you missed that  |
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shoan
join:2006-02-27
Benton, AR | reply to shoan
Re: Good for them so was the poast deleted due to telling me how to do it or was there an a hole being a jerk. Still curious to know if ther is anyway to use this on a desktop? |
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said by shoan:ok could I buy some sort of adapter to hook this up to my home desktop and use this for internet access vs dial up or satalite. Wild blue is not selling in our area due to overloading or what not right now and no dsl or cable Sure it can be done. But it would be a costly option if you use the connection very much. Sprint would be a better deal than Verizon. But you should check the coverage maps linked in the BBR story to see if your zip code is even covered for wireless broadband.
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shoan
join:2006-02-27
Benton, AR | we are covered by their wireless broadband but would you think it is really that costly when I only have the choice of 24.4 k dial up and hugesnet sat internet. Seems like about 80 dollars a month would not be that bad if my only other choice would be around the same price with a sat. going with sprint of course |
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en102Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | reply to jgkolt
850/1900 are frequencies licensed for cellular (850) and pcs (1900) communications. Both are used for voice and data.
Here's a overview
»tk.com/wireless/800cell.html
»tk.com/wireless/1900pcs.html
And here's an older breakdown
»www.wirelesswavelength.com/
The issue with 850 MHz band is total amount of spectrum
850 there's 'only' 12.5 MHz base/12.5MHz mobile on A and B licenses. Those that currently have 850 MHz licenses MUST use a portion for Analog service, as required by FCC.
1900 there's 'only' 65 MHz base/65MHz mobile.
Eg. having an 850 MHz license + 10 MHz of PCS is not always as manageable as having the same amount all in the same band. Having to run analog service + having to slice up the spectrum doesn't always work well.
Eg. 35 MHz of PCS on something such as PCS will make 35 MHz of evenly distributed spectrum. Breaking it up into 25 MHz of 850 and another 10 MHz of PCS doesn't work quite as nice.
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join:2001-03-24
Atlanta, GA | reply to shoan
said by shoan:ok could I buy some sort of adapter to hook this up to my home desktop and use this for internet access vs dial up or satalite. All you need is a PCI PC Card adapter ($20 or so)...
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said by shoan:we are covered by their wireless broadband but would you think it is really that costly when I only have the choice of 24.4 k dial up and hugesnet sat internet. Seems like about 80 dollars a month would not be that bad if my only other choice would be around the same price with a sat. going with sprint of course That depends on how much you use it. If Sprint and they don't cap you, you could use quite a lot of bandwidth. If Verizon, you'd have to make sure you followed their terms of service and weren't using it to stream music or videos, etc. or they could drop you. The cost is reasonable if it fulfills your requirements and you can afford it.
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shoan
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Benton, AR | my main use is playing World of Warcraft and watching the occasional goofy you tube video or break video other than that just basic surfing. |
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New Milford, CT | reply to en102
The laws of physics, with regard to radio signals, dictate that the lower frequency will provide better coverage in areas where there are terrain obstructions. My 850 coverage is acceptable here in the hills of CT, but the 1900 coverage is strictly wherever a cell tower is visible. If I can't see the tower, the phone shows no service. |
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There are wireless modems/routers now that you pop an evdo card into and you can support 1-5 users or desktop, laptop etc, you should check your coverage first, then research, Linksys, Junxion, Airlink routers to see if this is what you need - is definitely supported by Sprint if the wireless coverage is there |
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join:2001-05-11
Tulsa, OK | reply to shoan
said by shoan:ok could I buy some sort of adapter to hook this up to my home desktop and use this for internet access vs dial up or satalite. Wild blue is not selling in our area due to overloading or what not right now and no dsl or cable Sprint is coming out with a EVDO Rev A USB Modem soon.
This thing will work on a Desktop pc,tablet,notebook,UMPC,or anything else with a USB port.
»www.evdoinfo.com/EVDO_Products/P···0920827/
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Hey,
There will be a Linksys router hitting the market shortly that will allow you to plug the air card in the top and allow you to access the internet. I think it will have up to five ports on the back. |
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You can buy a pci to pcmi card adapter for your pc |
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Sprint now has phones that connect to computer via USB and it will give you EVDO speeds. The new 7130E blackberry and the new 700 Treos have this capability. When you have the unlimited plan for wireless it comes out inexpensive since you can use the phone as well. |
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