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CMoore2004
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Re: Broadband? Not!

I'm about 300 feet from an RT also. My aunt, grandma, and several neighbors are still on dial-up. I'm ok with them not knowing about EVDO. Keeps my speeds steady.
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said by CMoore2004 See Profile :

I'm about 300 feet from an RT also. My aunt, grandma, and several neighbors are still on dial-up. I'm ok with them not knowing about EVDO. Keeps my speeds steady.
yup, I'm in a similar situation; I'm 4250 feet from one RT (sadly, not lit with DSL yet), so, when ADSL2/ADSL2+ is deployed, I'll be able to get really nice speeds...but, that's just the problem, the RT isn't lit yet.

Either way, I have EVDO Revision A, too, and I have been very very happy with it; a fairly consistent 1250-1280k down and 200-250k up (would be around triple this, but the router limits upload speed...it's just a bug) with a ping of around 100ms to www.google.com.

If I play on the right gaming server for Battlefield 2, I can get a ping around 150-160 ms; not the greatest in the world, but it sure beats dial-up!

I just can't wait until Sprint optimizes their network next year to allow gaming and VoIP applications to get the necessary latency they need. (and EVDO can have a ping around 60-70 ms, so that's pretty doggone good).
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