 en102Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | reply to iansltx
Re: That GSM (3G) thing comes to mind True - I suspect that EVDO Rev A currently has more overall spectrum efficiency than HSPA 3.6 or 7.2. Most handsets will probably never advance past 7.2 (or hit it at all) unless they're a PDA style. Hitting 21Mbps would be making better use... but then there's processing power to make use of it (need laptop power). Laptops are being targeted for WiMAX/LTE.
I don't expect any/many WiMAX/LTE handsets for some time, unless they're PDA/tablet style.
The main thing that HSPA has is global acceptance vs. EVDO.
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
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| True about global acceptance, however it's global acceptance at 3.6 or 7.2 Mbps. Nobody really has a fast mobile broadband network except TeliaSonera with their LTE, Clear WiMAX and Telstra with HSPA+. Of the three, Telstra's HSPA+ is the slowest.
In contrast to HSPA/+, any good CDMA phone now has EvDO Rev. A, and even if it doesn't the lower tech won't drag down the system like an HSPA 1.8 device might AFAIK. EvDO r0 uses the 1xRTT upstream carrier rather than EvDO, leaving that frequency clear for rA devices.
Yes, global market penetration is nice, but global markets have ADSL2+ where we have DOCSIS 3 as our fastest internet. Ill take DOCSIS 3...it can go faster. |
