Rick Blaine <dont@bother.com> wrote in
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> DanS <t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t@a.d.e.l.p.h.i.a.n.e.t> wrote:
>
>>Well, I just finished a project using EVDO, and saw consistant d/l
>>speeds of 800-900 kbps and uploads of 250-300 kbps.
>>
>>I would say that is not just barely faster than dial-up, more like
>>upwards of 20x.
>
> Fair enough - but where were you located? In a metropolitan area or
> out in the middle of a soybean field? And were you subject to any
> stated or unstated bandwidth caps? Any restrictions on being a server
> or server like host?

It was the Sprint service. No bandwidth caps that I am aware of. Actually
it was an EVDO-to-WiFi device, for mass transit use.

While we are lcoated in a metropolitan area, it's a 3rd ring suburb, and
the next town is 'the country'. According to the EVDO coverage maps on the
Sprint website (a year or more old), that map indicates we are right on the
fringe of coverage. Going by that map, I wasn't sure if it was going to
work at all, let alone how well. All of this testing was done in a circa
1920's all brick building, from an interior office, with no external walls.
I could only assume it would have worked better on the street.

>
> Sorry - data over a cell network is not a replacement for fixed
> internet service for most people.
>

I never claimed it was....but if that's the best you can get.......