Anti_Cyrix
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join:2003-03-06
Sacramento, CA | Good Speeds.
"it must be capable of... ...2Mbps while stationary indoors"
Finally. Some decent speeds. Lets see if it will actually work as promised. |
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lakino
Premium
join:2003-04-03
Campbell, CA
| said by Anti_Cyrix  :
"it must be capable of... ...2Mbps while stationary indoors"
Finally. Some decent speeds. Lets see if it will actually work as promised.
ummmm... what will you need these speeds for on a little cell phone? Watching LOTR on that mini screen? I think 128k is overkill for cell phones. Whose gonna need the speed of these networks? It's a case of: they'll come if we build it.
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HiVolt
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join:2000-12-28
Toronto, ON
clubs:
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| said by lakino :
ummmm... what will you need these speeds for on a little cell phone? Watching LOTR on that mini screen? I think 128k is overkill for cell phones. Whose gonna need the speed of these networks? It's a case of: they'll come if we build it.
I think that's more for using it as a modem for a laptop or PDA... 
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AthlGrond
Premium,MVM
join:2002-04-25
Aurora, CO
 ·Comcast
| reply to lakino
said by lakino :
ummmm... what will you need these speeds for on a little cell phone? Watching LOTR on that mini screen? I think 128k is overkill for cell phones. Whose gonna need the speed of these networks? It's a case of: they'll come if we build it.
If you plug your cell phone into your laptop you can use it as a modem.
If your cell phone can play music you can stream it off the internet.
If your phone can take pictures you can send them over the internet.
128kbps would be marginal for any of those purposes.
BTW I don't need to do any of those things, but automatically pooh-poohing the usefulness is short sighted IMO. |
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Zero01
join:2000-11-21
Mechanicsburg, PA | reply to lakino
Air Cards Will Be The Primary Use On 3G Networks. |
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LazyTT
Premium
join:2003-08-10
Brooklyn, NY | voip
i wonder if well be able to use voip off our cellphones. or better yet "data only" cell phones which do all the voice part of the phone over IP.
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tastypoison
join:2000-10-16
Jacksonville, FL
1 edit | National does not = everywhere
I've seen the EvDO coverage plans for my market.
Unlike our 1X rollout, we WILL NOT be making EvDO available on all cell sites.
Our initial EvDO coverage plan is to cover the airport, downtown, and east to the beaches.
Nada on the westside or rural parts of town.
Nothing in Tallahassee, Nothing in Gainesville.
If you're in an area where you can get our EvDO...you can probably already get cable or dsl. |
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Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ
·PenTeleData
 ·Future Nine Corpor..
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| said by tastypoison :
I've seen the EvDO coverage plans for my market.
Unlike our 1X rollout, we WILL NOT be making EvDO available on all cell sites.
Our initial EvDO coverage plan is to cover the airport, downtown, and east to the beaches.
Nada on the westside or rural parts of town.
If you're in an area where you can get our EvDO...you can probably already get cable or dsl.
This means that it's as good as wi-fi (or perhaps a bit worse?) |
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DrTCP
Yours truly
Premium,ExMod 1999-04
join:1999-11-09
Round Rock, TX
| reply to lakino
Re: Good Speeds.
said by lakino :
said by Anti_Cyrix :
"it must be capable of... ...2Mbps while stationary indoors"
Finally. Some decent speeds. Lets see if it will actually work as promised.
ummmm... what will you need these speeds for on a little cell phone? Watching LOTR on that mini screen? I think 128k is overkill for cell phones. Whose gonna need the speed of these networks? It's a case of: they'll come if we build it.
No you do not generally need broadband on your cellphone. But you need broadband speeds on your laptop when your laptop is hooked to your cellphone. In other words, it is for your laptop, TabletPC etc.
The more important question is how much is it going to cost? Depending on the cost it might be another unused feature of the cell phone that is exercised by those corporate executives and wall street types with deep pockets only. |
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BIGMIKE
Premium
join:2002-06-07
Westminster, CA
2 edits | reply to Eat Me
Re: Download No upload
All The IPS,they give you more download speed, but` NO upload speed
And Verizon DSL upload is to slow 125, kbps look watt you need to server a game like Battlefield, and my cable is 3000/384, Verizon DSL upload speed 125, kbps that sucks. »www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?suc···av=sucks
We highly recommend Battlefield servers to be run on dedicated
server platforms. Currently, the best performance is on a machine
with the following specifications:
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WinOS/800Mhz processor/256MB RAM/ADSL connection
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WinOS/1Ghz processor/256MB RAM/T1 connection
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WinOS/2Ghz processor/256MB RAM/T3 connection (You will need at
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Rob
In Deo speramus, God Bless the USA
Premium
join:2001-08-25
Kendall, FL | reply to Eat Me
Re: National does not = everywhere
I wonder if we will be able to signup just for the data and pay $79/mo. just for data and not have to get a voice service along with it.
I've been waiting for this for a long time! |
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tonekilla
Pipe Dreams
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join:2003-07-26
Gunnison, MS
clubs:
| 2mbps@home
According to the FCC website, to be able to truly call a service third generation wireless, it must be capable of minimum speeds of 144kbps while in motion (traffic), 384kbps while walking, and 2Mbps while stationary indoors.
Am i understanding this correctly? We could choose to use Verizon as our isp, and have mobile connectivity PLUS 2mbps when at home? I'd pay $79.99 to be able to access the internet from anywhere in Houston on my laptop since I could drop my current broadband connection. This sounds like a good thing if Verizon this time chooses to deliver on its promises. |
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cmaenginsb
Premium,MVM
join:2001-03-19
Palmdale, CA
| reply to lakino
Re: Good Speeds.
Umm, EvDO= Evolution Data Only. Hmm Data Only would mean no voice wouldn't it? So you wouldn't get those speeds on your cell phones now would you?
Hmm, I guess you had a hard time with the reading comprehension tests.
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cmaenginsb
Premium,MVM
join:2001-03-19
Palmdale, CA
| reply to tonekilla
Re: 2mbps@home
Actually you would have 2 Mbps sitting at your desk in your office according to the standard or 2 MBps sitting in the coffee shop or inside any building.
While the service is going to be more expensive than cable or DSL (79.95 per month is on the expensive side for most people.) It will be useful for those of us who like or need mobile internet access as well as something at home.
As I said about Richochet when people were complaining about it's price. This is not a DSL or cable replacement, so it will not be priced as such.
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lakino
Premium
join:2003-04-03
Campbell, CA
| reply to cmaenginsb
Re: Good Speeds.
said by cmaenginsb :
Umm, EvDO= Evolution Data Only. Hmm Data Only would mean no voice wouldn't it? So you wouldn't get those speeds on your cell phones now would you?
Hmm, I guess you had a hard time with the reading comprehension tests.
Hmm, I guess you're an idiot who doesn't read Press Releases carefully.
BEDMINSTER, N.J., and LAS VEGAS, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless,
the nation's largest and most reliable wireless voice network and the leader
in next generation technology deployment, will begin immediately to expand its
BroadbandAccess service nationally. Powered by Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-
DO) third generation (3G) wide-area network, BroadbandAccess commercial
service, with average user speeds of 300-500 kilobits per second (kbps), is
expected to be available in many major U.S. cities this summer.
Does it say "data only" or "data optimized"? Yeah, you need to understand the meaning of comprehension indeed.
Additionally, unless you're using an analog phone from 1995, your cell phone is digital and the voice is converted to data before it leaves that handset. So everything trasmitted IS 100% digital data. You need to "comprehend" the technology and terminology before you go around spouting that ignorance of yours.
Sheehs.. some people gotta prove how stupid they are every day with their posts.
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Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02 | reply to tonekilla
Re: 2mbps@home
That's the FCC standard....Verizon's EvDO service will only hit those 2Mbps speeds only occasionally, in bursts... |
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HardwareLust
Subaru WRX Maniac
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join:2002-01-02
Harrisburg, PA
clubs:
| reply to cmaenginsb
Re: Good Speeds.
said by cmaenginsb :
Umm, EvDO= Evolution Data Only. Hmm Data Only would mean no voice wouldn't it? So you wouldn't get those speeds on your cell phones now would you?
Hmm, I guess you had a hard time with the reading comprehension tests.
Yes, it's true at the beginning it will primarily be for laptops (and pda's), but it's only a short matter of time before they contract a handset that will use it as well. AT&T has both 'edge' cards and a handset (which I have) that use EDGE, so I have no doubt that Verizon is planning the same. There just isn't enough profit margin from business-only oriented wireless use to justify the development cost and rollout! Just ask anyone who used to work at Ricochet about that!
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DeadSats
@12.111.x.x | Tell you who this will kill- Satellite Radio XMSR
and also SIRI.
That bit rate's gotta be even higher than what XMSR and SIRI get from their dinky satellites |
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Brisk
Qwest's Spirit Of Service Inaction
join:2003-07-11
Colorado Springs, CO
clubs: |  Wi-fi killer: I'm there
If it's available, low-latency and stable, I'm there. No question. Not as fast as ADSL, but it's stable and it kicks wi-fi's ass. Totally portable.
Give it up for Verizon! |
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brandon
Some truth included in this post.
Premium
join:2003-03-31
Hurley, MS | reply to cmaenginsb
Re: Good Speeds.
MVM...right... |
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