 DaveDudeNo Fear
join:1999-09-01
New Jersey
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Why start EVDO ?This make no sense at all, Verizon is converting to LTE, starting next year. If anything why build two networks, when you could build one, and save thousands ? |
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My guess is for the roaming coverage they're going to rely on. LTE won't have a significant national footprint for several years to come. CDMA/EVDO do and will. |
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Seriously, WTH were they thinking ? CDMA is on its last breath and they decide to use THAT ?!! Hell, good old GSM is a better choice than CDMA !
Stupidity at its best.
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DaveDudeNo Fear
join:1999-09-01
New Jersey |
They could do LTE only, with EVDO fallback, yet build an exclusive LTE network. Matter of fact UMTS, is a few steps away from becoming LTE. It would have been smarter to go UMTS/LTE rather then EVDO/ LTE. |
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 Luwigie
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Depends on how you define better. GSM may be more globally available (is it anymore?) but CDMA with EVDO tends to provide better throughput. |
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DaveDudeNo Fear
join:1999-09-01
New Jersey |
said by Luwigie:Depends on how you define better. GSM may be more globally available (is it anymore?) but CDMA with EVDO tends to provide better throughput. That isnt a fair comparison. GSM or GPRS, are equal to cdma 1x. But Evdo and Edge are competing products. Either way there are both losers to UMTS. Even EVDO cant compete against UMTS. |
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said by DaveDude:They could do LTE only, with EVDO fallback, yet build an exclusive LTE network. Matter of fact UMTS, is a few steps away from becoming LTE. It would have been smarter to go UMTS/LTE rather then EVDO/ LTE. Yeah but their big partner in all this is Sprint, not AT&T or T-Mobile. That means if they want to do something now, it has to be CDMA. I'm not saying I agree with the decision, but why they are doing it this way is pretty obvious. |
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Actually, right now in the US, EVDO is the leading 3G technology.... EDGE can't even compare to EVDO Rev. A. EDGE vs. 1x is more fair. |
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