 kamm
join:2001-02-14
Brooklyn, NY
1 edit | reply to evoxfan
Re: Cingular are you listening? said by evoxfan:said by kamm:said by Matt:Right, with a MAX OF 3.1Mbps AS THE SPEC SAYS.  Right - which has nothing to do with the actual speed, the 800kb/s which is quite inferior to Cingular's usual startup HSDPA speed at 1.0-1.2Mb/s.BTW that theoretical speed you are trumpeting is around 1/4th of HSDPA's 14Mb/s... Does anybody know what Cingular is using for a backhaul on HSDPA? If their using T1's then you won't come close to 14Mb/s. You won't even get 1.0Mp/s if more than one user is on it at one time. EVDO currently uses T1's, up to 4 max. 4 T1's gives you a pool of 6 Mb/s down and 6 Mb/s up. First VZ uses all kind of connection, DSL, T1, anything it can to keep up with the demand, not solely T1s.
If HSDPA can pool T1's, it will compete with EVDO; if not, then I don't see it comparing. A fiber backhaul is the only way speeds will increase for both technologies.
Secondly as long as speed remains assymmetric there's nothing wrong with using all kind of connections. |
