Re: Good for them in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r17026915 en Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:47:56 EDT Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:47:56 EDT Re: Good for them http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17485580 jgfrase : I have that Linksys Router, I have 3 Laptop on WiFi acess to it. works. got it on Sprint.com ($249.00) . Warning Pantech 500 RevA dont work in it, Had to Merlin S720 to work.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17485580 Tue, 19 Dec 2006 01:40:04 EDT Re: Good for them http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17160394 anon : The real question is, Is Sprint sharing that 1900mhz bandwidth with voice and data? If that's the case, then wei'll see how long it is before that network shuts down.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17160394 Thu, 26 Oct 2006 16:07:40 EDT Re: Good for them http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17112747 anon : 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.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17112747 Wed, 18 Oct 2006 18:26:54 EDT Re: Good for them http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17112727 anon : You can buy a pci to pcmi card adapter for your pc]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17112727 Wed, 18 Oct 2006 18:20:56 EDT Re: Good for them http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17097551 anon : 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. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17097551 Mon, 16 Oct 2006 14:33:08 EDT Re: Good for them http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17090763 Majestik :
said by shoan See Profile :

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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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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said by shoan See Profile :

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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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.

On PCS, ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17021296 Tue, 03 Oct 2006 16:34:06 EDT Re: Good for them http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17021228 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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17021228 Tue, 03 Oct 2006 16:23:28 EDT Re: Good for them http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17021190 TK Junk Mail :
said by shoan See Profile :

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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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 :uhh:]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17020760 Tue, 03 Oct 2006 15:00:36 EDT Re: Good for them http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17020678 jgkolt : 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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"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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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 :)

I expect VZW/Cingular to be stubborn on the TOS for a while as far as data goes :(]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17020539 Tue, 03 Oct 2006 14:25:21 EDT