I've been online since UNDERGROUND in Penn Station (NYC) all the way into Albany. My connection dropped ONCE for about 30 seconds.

If you don't know the route, it gets pretty rural (and scenic) for a good hour and a half inbetween cities.

Kudos Sprint.

 

Did you do a bandwidth test? What kind of numbers were you getting?

 

While in EVDO territory, according to CNET's bandwidth tests, I was getting between 700-900k (That's without compression, and I haven't boosted my card yet, which should bring me to ~1500k).

This is pretty impressive because my cable at home is in the same 700-1000k range.

In 1xRTT territory (non-EVDO) I've gotten between 60-90k, not lighting fast, but with compression enabled you can get around the web at a decent clip. It's still better than dial-up.

 

^ That was just posted while in 1xRTT (So was the first post actually)

 

1/13/06 article with speeds from tests in the WDC, Baltimore, and NYC markets done by PC Magazine

 

I'm on Verizon.
My phone (XV6700, same as sprints PPC6700) says its on the EVDO network when tethered over USB cable, but I cant seem to get anywhere near 200K or more. This happens out in the suburbs, and in the city(only tried once in the city).
Its as if I'm always in 1XRTT reaching speeds of ~60K-80K.

Thanks for that link ricecake. There was also a review on Verizon's expensive ass EVDO, but I didnt see any concrete numbers for the Dallas area. I'll have to try again next time I'm in the city.

 

after briefly reading through evdoforums.com, its seems like dallas' evdo coverage is spotty. Ohh well, I rarely use it in the city, but when I do, it should be fast.

 

This will give you an idea of where the technology is heading. Right now, the networks are operating on Rev 0 with Rev A and Rev B to follow. In just a few short years before long, high speed wireless will be a reality for everyone everywhere on every device. Next comes all the fun stuff! This is the CDMA evolution; not even sure what GSM has.

 

haha...i just had a tech talk to me about the "rev a and rev b"..not that i knew what he was saying.......