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hdman
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Re: EVDO

said by jc100 See Profile :

Odds are no matter where you are, you can get cell service from at least one provider.
Care to take those odds to Vegas??? You would lose. The odds are (and the truth is) that most areas in the US are not covered by WiMax nor an EVDO solution.....for many of us, the options are Hughes, WB, or Starband....

HDMan
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KrK
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Tulsa, OK

Re: EVDO

This is why the upcoming spectrum Auction was seen as perhaps the United States last, best chance for a widespead 3rd broadband option, that could reach rural areas too.

Too bad it looks like it's failed.

hdman
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Re: EVDO

The sad part is that even IF the auction goes well, the first people serviced will again be the large urban areas where they will get the biggest bang for the buck.

I am not in favor of the govt telling companies how to run and who to service, but if the true meaning of the auction is give rural users access, then the govt. needs to be clear that the first locations serviced by the high bidder will be RURAL areas.

I, however, doubt this will ever happen. Companies like AT&T should NOT be allowed to sign contracts with WB because it falsly allows them to claim that they cover "anybody" when in fact, they don't. They are using their agreement with WildBlue to avoid building out service with RT's to the rural users.

Mark my words, the winner of the spectrum auction will sign a deal with one of the sat providers to allow them to claim that they are servicing the last mile customers.....

HDMan
Nuts

join:2006-04-27
Forest, OH

While I don't disagree with you, I've gone with Verizons National Access. I can get over 100kb. While it doesn't qualify as broadband, it's a lot better than dial-up. My biggest complaint, is that it will go into a domant state, and then requires a reconnect, even if you just got done connecting or opening a web page a few seconds before.

hdman
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·Alltel Axess
·AT&T Midwest
·WildBlue

Re: EVDO

said by Nuts See Profile :

While I don't disagree with you, I've gone with Verizons National Access. I can get over 100kb. While it doesn't qualify as broadband, it's a lot better than dial-up. My biggest complaint, is that it will go into a domant state, and then requires a reconnect, even if you just got done connecting or opening a web page a few seconds before.
For my $50 per month, I get a networkable solution that gives me 512K down, and 128 up. Verizons non-evdo plan is more expensive, and slower, along with the problems you are having. So again, in cases like mine and MANY Americans, sat based service is the only service we can get....

HDMan
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said by hdman See Profile :

said by jc100 See Profile :

Odds are no matter where you are, you can get cell service from at least one provider.
Care to take those odds to Vegas??? You would lose. The odds are (and the truth is) that most areas in the US are not covered by WiMax nor an EVDO solution.....for many of us, the options are Hughes, WB, or Starband....

HDMan
EVDO is not good where there is no CDMA either, my area is iDEN and Analog only, not even EDGE GSM yet. I have slow Nextel WiDEN air card
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