 bradleym
join:2002-08-05
Dunfermline, IL | I wish.... I am one of the poor technophiles here in the sticks that's still stuck with an old '1x' connection. I'd gladly pay a little more for a 3G connection if it were available. | |
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@170.74.x.x | Re: I wish.... I live in a verizon evdo area and don't use the service (cancelled after the free month was over). it costs way too much and it's too restrictive. | |
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| | chesney09
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join:2004-07-26
Redford, MI
clubs: | Re: I wish.... No way I'd pay that kind of change for EVDO. I have an E815 with Verizon. You just don;t get a service worth that kind of cost. But, I think 45 for a cable modem is a bit too high as well, now a days. | |
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| cjbrady
join:2001-03-11
Austin, TX | Service not what the ads say Had the EVDO from Verizon for almost a year now. Generally works, but latency and bandwidth are pretty bad, not what they make it out to, but when you're out in the middle of nowhere on a sales call, what choice do you have? | |
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Dustyn
Premium
join:2003-02-26
Ontario, CAN
| Re: I wish.... said by bradleym  :I am one of the poor technophiles here in the sticks that's still stuck with an old '1x' connection. I'd gladly pay a little more for a 3G connection if it were available. I'm with Rogers Wireless (Rogers AT&T Wireless) and own an old non-color LCD phone that sports Analog/Digital technology service. lol 
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| I love my VZ evdo. I get 1.5mbps downstream and 125kbps up stream. latency is around 250ms to most sites. it is great for when you just cant get a wifi or wired connection. | |
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Hooper
Premium
join:2001-10-22
Villanova, PA
| EVDO I have a Blackberry 8700C with Edge service, Samsung i730 PPC with EVDO, and Verizon EVDO air card. I have been very impressed with the EVDO service from Verizon. The Cingular service well.... time will tell. Then again my company pays for all of this. If I had to pay for it, no way. My favorite places to use EVDO are in airports and the amtrak train. Truly couldn't live without it for work. | |
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| telarium
join:2004-02-28
Saint Louis, MO
| Re: EVDO I have a Blackberry 8700c as well. I've configured it to use it as a 'tethered' modem - after much hassle, believe me.
I like the ubiquity of EDGE service - which is what convinced me to go with Cingular in the first place. I do a good bit of traveling, not necessarily in major cities - and EDGE is usually right there with me. Surprisingly, my speeds have been fairly consistent - in both urban and rural areas that offer EDGE service.
I certainly have nothing against EV-DO, and if it were as ubiquitous as Cingular's offering, I'd take it in a heartbeat.
I'd also be interested to see what Cingular's UMTS and HSPDA network looks like, but that is seemingly far, far down the road (for non-city environments, at least). -- | |
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drslash
Goya Asma
Premium
join:2002-02-18
Marion, IA
| Coverage, limits, cost The coverage, use limits, and cost would be the factors I would consider. I would pay more for solid local coverage, and unlimited usage and drop my traditional cable HSI.
Currently I am not serviced by a company that provides this.
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Done_Posting
Shoot to kill
Premium
join:2003-08-22
Toledo, OH
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2 edits | Waiting for reasonable TOS and pricing The title says it all; Sprint has their EVDO service active here, yet it's the standard $80 stand alone or $60 when bundled. Since I have another provider for voice, the cost simply isn't worth it.
Additionally, I'm concerned "unlimited use" refers to the popular industry term, which in layman's terms translates to "limited use."
One thing I'm curious about that I cannot find anywhere -- what's the upload speed like with any of these services? The biggest reason I want a 3G connection is to stream video FROM my car (CarPC). so I'd need at least a 128kbps connection for that. What does either EVDO or EDGE offer? Anyone?
EDIT: For those interested, after a little research it seems that upstream bandwidth is all over the place. I've read one user is only able to get 7-50kbps, while others achieve 100-350kbps upstream. Everything I've read seems to have one thing in common though; latency is pretty poor. 50-350ms delays don't seem too uncommon.
Where's a stratelite when I need one?
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Elitevaz
join:2002-07-08
Pompano Beach, FL | wireless broadband sucks Way too slow and way too expensive | |
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BillRoland
Premium
join:2001-01-21
Ocala, FL
clubs:
·Cox HSI
| No need for me WiDEN is fast enough for me on my cell phone. I don't need 700Kbps on my phone, so I am unimpressed by either EV-DO or HSPDA offerings. Maybe if they were a lot cheaper, I might consider a switch.
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| jchambers106
join:2004-12-10
Kansas City, MO
1 edit |  how fast is the service
 how fast is the service and who provides it | |
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jdmatl
join:2000-04-27
Deerfield Beach, FL
|  Verizon here in FL
Verizon EDO BB didn't go down once here during Wilmia, in my areas of Broward and West Palm counties, just like their cell service. Verz built one hell of a network down here in FL.
Nextel, down mins after storm passed and was down for 5 days. | |
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| yossisiegel
join:2003-07-15
Lakewood, NJ
| Re: Verizon here in FL have had the evdo for about 6 months, wish i wasnt locked into a contract, certainly not worth $80 a month, and i dont want to sign a 2 year contract for $60. The day my contract is over, i will be cancelling, and go back to paying $10 a month to sprint and connect via my cell phone for 60-120k | |
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beck
Premium,MVM
join:2002-01-29
On The Road | When there is coverage, it's usually good But when there isn't coverage, I have to pay for it anyway. (sigh) Great for travel in their coverage areas tho. | |
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Jpattiso
join:2001-05-02
Tenafly, NJ
| Verizon EVDO Service I have Verizon EVDO service with the Kyocera card. I have to say that I am fairly impressed. In fact, I ordered four more for my department. For my folks that travel, we easily save the money by avoiding paying for hotel and airport hot spots. Also, sometimes hotel hot spots can give VPN access a problem, but our VPN works fine with Verizon.
I have used the card all over the country and generally the services is between 500 and 1000 down. Works great for general business stuff (even TV streaming with a Slingbox, I know it is against the TOS, but I only use it occasionally).
Verizon also just gave me a demo of the new Blackberry 7130e and it works great stand-alone and as a EVDO modem for the laptop.
Sprint just gave me one of their cards to tryout, so it will be fun to compare the services. | |
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Jerm
join:2000-04-10
Richland, WA | For $80/month They can take their TOS and cram it up their @ss. The real thing is will they police their network? On DSL lines at least, Verizon and their history says no. Lets hope its the same with EVDO | |
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hdben9
join:2006-01-06
Reisterstown, MD | I like it Where I live, it's my only option for "broadband". It beats dialup, but I'd rather have a cable modem. I live 1/2 mile from Comcast's network and they won't connect me and the other 17 houses on my road! | |
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platinumsun
Photographer For Life
join:2003-08-29
Houston, TX | too much $$$ It's a bit too expensive
when the prices can come down to $30 a month or less than they will get some mass appeal | |
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P Ness
You'Ve Forgotten 9-11 Already
Premium
join:2001-08-29
Mineola, NY
clubs:
| Re: too much $$$ 60 bucks a month for something they shut off after 500meg downloaded...
lol i was going to get this for business but one database download and i would be "flaged" as excessive...and booted.
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