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Posted: 6/5/2008 2:42:21 PM EDT

Muuuuuuch better.

I live way out in the sticks. Neither DSL nor cable will EVER be available here (no market for it). That leaves me with using EVDO service (broadband internet using the cellular phone network, for those who don't know). Previously, only EVDO rev 0 was available around here. Well, yesterday I checked and sure enough - EVDO rev A is now available in my area. I placed my order yesterday afternoon with Sprint, and they overnighted me a new card.

It ain't cable, and it ain't DSL, but you know what? I'll take it. It's fast enough to carry voice reliably, and now I can probably leave my audio broadcasts up since I have more bandwidth than I used to. Woo hoo!

If you ask me, that ain't too shabby for living in BFE. I'm a happy boy right now. That's better than some entry level DSL connections.

Posted: 6/5/2008 2:44:31 PM EDT

[#1]

Posted: 6/5/2008 2:45:00 PM EDT

[#2]

Quoted:
www.speedtest.net/result/280439640.png

Show off. Don't make me VNC into one of my servers.

Posted: 6/5/2008 2:45:04 PM EDT

[#3]

Too bad you aren't broadcasting anymore...

Posted: 6/5/2008 2:46:44 PM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:
Too bad you aren't broadcasting anymore...

Yeah, I missed the "good one".

Posted: 6/5/2008 2:49:10 PM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:

Quoted:
www.speedtest.net/result/280439640.png

Show off. Don't make me VNC into one of my servers.

I used to work at Verio. Our 100mb/s internal LAN was the slowest link in the building

Posted: 6/5/2008 2:49:28 PM EDT

[#6]

How much does it cost you a month? Does it work similar to wireless?

Im asking this cause I will be moving soon and I may not have normal wifi internet access at my new place

Posted: 6/5/2008 2:49:34 PM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
www.speedtest.net/result/280439640.png

DAMN!

Cool site. Seen a screenshot of it before on a few forums, but never checked it.

Posted: 6/5/2008 2:50:43 PM EDT

[#8]

Shit, I thought Subnet's place was the home of the interwebs.

Posted: 6/5/2008 2:51:17 PM EDT

[#9]

Posted: 6/5/2008 2:52:08 PM EDT

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Posted: 6/5/2008 2:54:24 PM EDT

[#11]

I should be getting higher. At least I pay comcast for higher :(

heres one further away from me:

Posted: 6/5/2008 2:55:34 PM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:
How much does it cost you a month? Does it work similar to wireless?

Im asking this cause I will be moving soon and I may not have normal wifi internet access at my new place

Sprint is the way to go (Verizon has a 5GB bandwidth limit per month - and they're not shy about killing accounts), if you're going to use it as your primary internet connection. Unlimited service runs $60/mo + some tax. It's a great service, and a godsend if you live out in the boonies.

I'd gladly pay $100. I couldn't live out here if this wasn't available (since I work from home). Before EVDO became available in my area, I was actually *very* close to ordering a T1 ($600/mo port + loop).

Sprint is actually pretty good about predicting EVDO coverage in your area, so it pays to give them a ring.

It's not like 802.11 wireless (what people typically call wifi).

Posted: 6/5/2008 2:56:42 PM EDT

[#13]

Happy with mine lately.

Posted: 6/5/2008 2:57:03 PM EDT

[#14]

Posted: 6/5/2008 2:58:14 PM EDT

[#15]

I have EVDO rev A. It is pretty decent.

Warning: Sprint is capping bandwidth at 5GB a month. Thereafter, your bandwidth will be thottled back quite sharply.

Posted: 6/5/2008 2:58:22 PM EDT

[#16]

Posted: 6/5/2008 3:00:43 PM EDT

[#17]

you are lucky. my parents can either use dialup, or ISDN. EVDO is just too spotty where they live, and with the rural development going on, they are counting on either cable or DSL becoming available in the next few years. they have looked at some sort of point-to-point wireless, but the company never showed up for the site survey.

Posted: 6/5/2008 3:01:04 PM EDT

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Posted: 6/5/2008 3:01:24 PM EDT

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Posted: 6/5/2008 3:01:33 PM EDT

[#20]

Quoted:
www.speedtest.net/result/280442613.png

I should be getting higher. At least I pay comcast for higher :(

heres one further away from me:
www.speedtest.net/result/280443219.png

This is me on Comcast. Fastest download yet, I believe and I certainly pay for it.

Posted: 6/5/2008 3:04:23 PM EDT

[#21]

Why are people posting their speeds? Who cares.

Posted: 6/5/2008 3:05:07 PM EDT

[#22]

Im at work

Posted: 6/5/2008 3:05:51 PM EDT

[#23]

Subnet,
If you don't mind my asking, what does that kind of service run per month?

Oh my speed test:

Posted: 6/5/2008 3:06:08 PM EDT

[#24]

Quoted:
Why are people posting their speeds? Who cares.

It seems to have become a internet-geek, dick swinging contest.

Posted: 6/5/2008 3:09:44 PM EDT

[#25]

I'm paying $50 a month for this out in the sticks

Posted: 6/5/2008 3:09:47 PM EDT

[#26]

Here is what $50/mo gets you in Ohio

Posted: 6/5/2008 3:11:26 PM EDT

[#27]

Quoted:
Why are people posting their speeds? Who cares.

Why are you here? No one cares.

Posted: 6/5/2008 3:14:44 PM EDT

[#28]

Not too bad. I will have to check my Verizon card later, see what it comes up with...

Posted: 6/5/2008 3:15:32 PM EDT

[#29]

Posted: 6/5/2008 3:16:20 PM EDT

[#30]

Quoted:
I have EVDO rev A. It is pretty decent.

Warning: Sprint is capping bandwidth at 5GB a month. Thereafter, your bandwidth will be thottled back quite sharply.

!!!

Posted: 6/5/2008 3:16:23 PM EDT

[#31]

My work connection (can't take a screenshot):

Download: 25,292 kb/s

Upload: 60,928 kb/s

I'll check my home connection when I get home but, damn, upload better than download? That's something

Edited for idiocy:

Posted: 6/5/2008 3:17:16 PM EDT

[#32]

Comcrap cable internet

Verizon Broadband w/Sierra 595 AirCard. No speed records, but I get internet almost anywhere I get a Verizon signal.

Posted: 6/5/2008 3:18:44 PM EDT

[#33]

I too just upgraded my Verizon Rev 0 card to a Rev A card (Kyocera KPC680). I have an HP laptop that is the "mobile office" that is used daily (sometimes ALL DAY) on the road or at remote locations, so it's a business necessity. The new card is MUCH better than the old one, especially with it's little pop-up antenna, and is noticably faster.

Still, it isn't anything compared to home:

Also: VerizonWireless's EVDO is also capped at 5GB monthly.

-Troy

Posted: 6/5/2008 3:19:10 PM EDT

[#34]

Quoted:
I have EVDO rev A. It is pretty decent.

Warning: Sprint is capping bandwidth at 5GB a month. Thereafter, your bandwidth will be thottled back quite sharply.

Fuck I hadn't heard about this, that is fucking bullshit, they make you sign a contract and then change the terms like that.

Guess I will go to the library to download my updates.

Posted: 6/5/2008 3:21:14 PM EDT

[#35]

$99 a month for net, premium cable, and phone. Before this I had dial-up.

Posted: 6/5/2008 3:22:11 PM EDT

[#36]

Quoted:
I too just upgraded my Verizon Rev 0 card to a Rev A card (Kyocera KPC680). I have an HP laptop that is the "mobile office" that is used daily (sometimes ALL DAY) on the road or at remote locations, so it's a business necessity. The new card is MUCH better than the old one, especially with it's little pop-up antenna, and is noticably faster.

www.intomobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/kpc680_express_card.jpg

Still, it isn't anything compared to home:

www.speedtest.net/result/280449093.png

-Troy

Troy is that a fixed cost per month, or do they charge you by the airtime?

I'm thinking of getting that kind of setup for my Wife's HP. The place she consults at has no internet connectivity (and they are in a suburb of DC

).

Posted: 6/5/2008 3:23:20 PM EDT

[#37]

Quoted:
I'm paying $50 a month for this out in the sticks

www.speedtest.net/result/280447384.png

So you're that guy everyone warns when they post lots of pictures.

Posted: 6/5/2008 3:23:24 PM EDT

[#38]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I have EVDO rev A. It is pretty decent.

Warning: Sprint is capping bandwidth at 5GB a month. Thereafter, your bandwidth will be thottled back quite sharply.

!!!

Still listed as unlimited on their website, but there's some ~~press releases out there~~ reports of an internal memo sent to employees saying so. Not official yet.

Posted: 6/5/2008 3:25:02 PM EDT

[#39]

Posted: 6/5/2008 3:25:50 PM EDT

[#40]

Quoted:
Subnet,
If you don't mind my asking, what does that kind of service run per month?

Oh my speed test:
media.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=2799

sweet jesus, what are you running?

Posted: 6/5/2008 3:28:22 PM EDT

[#41]

My speed test

32452345 stuff/s

Posted: 6/5/2008 3:28:47 PM EDT

[#42]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Subnet,
If you don't mind my asking, what does that kind of service run per month?

Oh my speed test:
media.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=2799

sweet jesus, what are you running?

Looks like a university connection.

Posted: 6/5/2008 3:28:53 PM EDT

[#43]

Tag for home testing

Posted: 6/5/2008 3:31:00 PM EDT

[#44]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Subnet,
If you don't mind my asking, what does that kind of service run per month?

Oh my speed test:
media.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=2799

sweet jesus, what are you running?

Looks like a university connection.

Nope, my lab's connection. The University is 30 miles away.

Posted: 6/5/2008 3:35:42 PM EDT

[#45]

Quoted:
Troy is that a fixed cost per month, or do they charge you by the airtime?

I'm thinking of getting that kind of setup for my Wife's HP. The place she consults at has no internet connectivity (and they are in a suburb of DC

).

It's $80/month without a Verizon cell phone, $60/month with a Verizon phone (which I have). Currently listed as "unlimited" online, but the contract you sign states that there is a 5GB limit monthly, beyond which they will charge you X dollars per meg or something.

For our business use, we rarely exceed 2-3 GB per month on the card, as most "destinations" we go to have WiFi, but when on the road or at our "shop" in the morning (it's a storage area until I move back into an office), it's vital to have Internet.

-Troy

Posted: 6/5/2008 3:35:43 PM EDT

[#46]

Posted: 6/5/2008 3:37:36 PM EDT

[#47]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I have EVDO rev A. It is pretty decent.

Warning: Sprint is capping bandwidth at 5GB a month. Thereafter, your bandwidth will be thottled back quite sharply.

Fuck I hadn't heard about this, that is fucking bullshit, they make you sign a contract and then change the terms like that.

Guess I will go to the library to download my updates.

I've spent the last few minutes reading about this. At this point, it's an unsubstantiated rumor gone wild. I'm concerned obviously, but I've read posts from people who have talked to customer retention and they insist this is purely a rumor.

Others have posted "leaked" emails that seem to contradict that. The thing is, nothing is official yet, so I guess we'll wait and see.

Posted: 6/5/2008 3:38:00 PM EDT

[#48]

Posted: 6/5/2008 3:39:58 PM EDT

[#49]

Quoted:
It's $80/month without a Verizon cell phone, $60/month with a Verizon phone (which I have). Currently listed as "unlimited" online, but the contract you sign states that there is a 5GB limit monthly, beyond which they will charge you X dollars per meg or something.

Thanks! We're both on Verizon, and $60/mo doesn't sound bad at all.

Posted: 6/5/2008 3:41:40 PM EDT

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