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What do those speeds mean in terms of real-life activity? Over the last few days, I've used the AirCard for my normal online activities - checking news and technology sites, using Google for searches, reading and sending e-mail through a Web interface, ordering books from, even logging into The Chronicle's publishing system through a virtual private network.Įven though I think of myself as someone with little tolerance for slow technologies, I rarely felt seriously hamstrung by the speed of my wireless connection.
Once, from my desk at The Chronicle, I hit 43 Kbps, but that was the only time I topped 40. com/speedtest), taken from a variety of locations in San Francisco and the East Bay, showed a typical 30 to 35 Kbps throughput. Repeated tests with an online bandwidth meter suggested by a Verizon engineer (bandwidthplace. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to reach even that level. To Verizon's credit, its news release about the new service is relatively modest in its performance claims: "Users should expect average speeds between 40 and 60 Kbps." But instead of delivering what you'd expect from a 21st century technology, it provides levels of performance and reliability roughly equivalent to a mid-'90s modem - minus the wires. Yes, it finally gets wireless data bandwidth and, therefore, functionality beyond the level of a 1980s dial-up modem. Compared with the hype around 3G, however, the new Verizon service is a letdown. And it works anywhere within the Express Network coverage area - inside buildings, on park benches, even in your car. With the AirCard 555, however, you can cruise the Web at tolerable speeds. Older wireless data services (leaving aside, for the moment, the now-defunct Ricochet) are barely adequate for plain-text e-mail and messaging, but simply not up to the challenge of the Web.
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I acctually know several people on sprint/verizon that have SPs or tethered laptops and dont ever bother to look for Wifi.For the last few days I've been using the AirCard 555 in a Windows XP laptop. Though WiMax (Sprints 4G) will make CDMA look like 1200baud.
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(though it should be noted I used Bluetooth for both of these tests and that could have bottle-necked them)Īlso remember that CDMA has a higher potential bandwidth than GSM, so it's (supposedly) a lot easier for V or Sprint to improve data rates than ATT. My verizon phone used to be around 400kbps but has since rises to what seems to be on-par with sprint (iirc I tested some months ago and verizon was just a *hair* faster, like 800 vs 875 or something - I have both Vzw and Sprint accounts W data) This also applied to roaming onto verizon from sprint. Where I live I get around 800kbps on my Sprint phone with 1mbps spikes, highest I've ever gotten was 1.2mbps with a singel spike.
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Keep in mind ALSO that Verizon is _THE_ most expensive carrier in the USA.Īlso if you want to talk about network hogs, remember a LOT of people (me included) got in on Sprint's SERO plans which make data basically free (compare cost of an average phone plan, eihtout data, to a SERO cost of $35 _with_ data) so there is a large difference there.