xenophon
join:2007-09-17
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
| EVDO
EVDO technically can do over 2Mbps but averages about 600K-1.4Mbps. If you call that broadband, then the US has over 2/3 broadband coverage as Sprint/Verizon cover over 210m population out of 300m with EVDO, and Sprint expects to reach 240m by end of this year.
And Sprint/Alltel roam EVDO to each other, which combined will cover much much more than 240m pops. |
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Nuts
join:2006-04-27
Forest, OH | I wouldn't count on it. Looking at their coverage maps for my area, most of their coverage overlaps. |
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sirwoogie
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join:2002-01-02
Carleton, MI
 ·AT&T Midwest
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
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I agree that EVDO would be considered broadband. But, they still need to more carefully define what broadband means.
EVDO has the speed, but it doesn't necessarily have the latency that most would "consider" broadband. Granted, it'll squeak by for VOIP, even for many FPS games. But, it's still not as good as a wired solution. WiMax and others obviously will improve it. But, it goes to show that just having broadband doesn't mean you can take advantage of all the ways it can be used for.
The trap with the definition is that you can say satellite is broadband if you compare speed only. But it has a FAP and latency is in the toilet. Nonetheless, it can reach 99% of the lower 48. Is that considered available broadband? That's why I think certain telco's partner with satellite providers. They can get away with saying "Hey, we have a product offering partnership to provide broadband... by Satellite!!!"
The devil is in the detail. |
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