Revision A Rollout Swifter Than Sprint Expected
Aug 3, 2006, 12:39 PM by (staff)
Sprint today announced it has accelerated its EV-DO Revision A timetable. The carrier expects to launch the service in selected areas in the fourth quarter of this year. They expect the entire network to be upgraded to Revision A by the third quarter of 2007. Sprint previously announced it would launch Revision A in early 2007 and would have most of their network upgraded by launch. However an announcement from Sierra Wireless that Revision A PC data cards would be available in the third quarter of this year hinted that the upgrade might launch sooner than Sprint claimed.
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Rollout maps/dates?
I've heard that they are shooting for end of year. We have 3 markets within driving distance that have been piloting EVDO for 6+ months already. I really am interested in adding a card to my employee plan but would like a ballpark figure on when we'll have the service in our area.
Thanks!
sprint is back!!!!!!!!!!!
2006 second quarter add's at 708,000? (mostly prepaid!) It is a safe bet that Cingy and VZW have nothing to worry about!
Speed?
Is the only difference between Rev 0 and Rev A the upload speeds? If so, what will they be increased to?
What will the download speeds be?
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"With the evolution to EV-DO Revision A, users in markets where it is rolled out, will experience faster average download speeds of 450 - 800 kbps; and average upload speeds of 300 - 400 kbps. These data rates can enable richer applicat...
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What about current EVDO pda's
If you aren't uploading large files it doesn't matter.
New speed...and why??
All of the things that you mentioned will be capable of ...
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