 | | Sprint Broadband I'm already seeing roughly 1.1 down with latencies around 220ms.. When we go Rev.A here I can't imagine how much faster it'll be. Now with WiMax becoming a reality Sprint is positioning itself well.
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 | | | Re: Sprint Broadband Your download probably won't improve that much w/ RevA, but your upload and latency will.
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| | | | Re: Sprint Broadband Then why do Rev.A users see 2-4mb? 
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join:2006-02-27
Benton, AR | Re: Sprint Broadband my understanding is that the rev A is limited to under 1.5Mb due to it being a T1 line basically with a little dedicated to something that sprint uses. | |
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| | | | | | Re: Sprint Broadband Exactly.
I have a RevA card in a RevA area. I am the only person on my tower (very rural area). I get 1300 down. The capacity is on in the card to handle 3.1mbps, but the tower can't push it since it doesn't have a big enough pipe. But, like I said, my upload and latency is greatly improved.
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| This could be helped whenever WiMax starts expanding. I heard that they are going to use the WiMax to backhaul the EVDO towers. True or not? I dono. Just what I heard in the ole rumor mill.
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| | | | | | There are plenty over on evdomaps.com that were able to get 2-2.5Mbps on RevA. But that's the exception, now the rule. Most get 600k-1.4mbps.
BTW, Sprint WiMAX will also have combo cards that can do EVDO as well. | |
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1 edit | Re: Sprint Broadband said by iggynation :
There are plenty over on evdomaps.com that were able to get 2-2.5Mbps on RevA. But that's the exception, now the rule. Most get 600k-1.4mbps.
BTW, Sprint WiMAX will also have combo cards that can do EVDO as well.
On that note.. Dell laptops will be shipping with built in evdo-A.. one has to wonder how long behind will it be for them to ship laptops with both platforms. | |
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| said by johndoe303:Then why do Rev.A users see 2-4mb? In your dreams lol
The vast majority of RevA users get the exact same downstream you are getting right now on Revision 0. I've been on RevA for a few months and never see over 1250 k. I've also traveled a few hundred miles and never seen any faster than this in any of the areas i got RevA coverage in. As others have mentioned, not all towers provide the bandwidth to pull 2+ mb even though the wireless technology itself is capable. If you're lucky, you might be connected to a tower with more capacity, and might be able to pull 2 mb. Look at the speed test results for spcsdns.net. | |
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join:2006-02-27
Benton, AR | I would sign up for this for the simple fact that I have started to detest the non-providers in my area so much (ATT,Charter) even if ATT and Charter started providing service here. I am really glad to see another option being actively pursued. | |
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kaila
join:2000-10-11
Lincolnshire, IL | Chicago by the end of the year...Awesome I love competition. Our village had been told earlier this year by AT&T that even modest success by Sprint with this technology will force them to reconsider offering DSL here. | |
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| | | Re: Chicago by the end of the year...Awesome I hope they cover extreem Southern ILL. | |
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join:2005-01-28
Miami, FL
1 edit | ! That's nice, about technical support....
Gary! 35 minutes on hold is NOT acceptable.
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join:2004-03-28
League City, TX | Sprint, Google WiMax Now, if Apple would just allow Sprint to combine these features with an iPhone. Heaven. | |
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ncbillPremium
join:2007-01-23
Winston Salem, NC | Why buy this? When there's SERO available for $30 month that includes a voice plan and unlimited EVDO data (if you pick the right phone that can be tethered w/o them knowing) | |
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