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The Numbers

SmartSprint

Oct 29, 2006, 5:27 PM
I found these numbers on a reliable website and backed up these numbers with about three other sources.
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Sprint:
EV-DOr0: 400-700kbs (with burst speeds of 2mbs)
EV-DOrA: 450-800kbs (with burst speeds of 3mbs)

EVDOr0 is available to 158 Million Customers
EVDOrA will be available to 158 Million next year.

When not under EVDO coverage, expect speeds of 144kbs (1xRTT)

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Cingular:
EDGE: 70-135kbs
UMTS: 384kbs (with burst speeds of 2mbs)

EDGE is available to 250 million customers
UMTS is available to 70 million customers

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By the numbers, Sprint appears to be superior.
If you have diff...
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RUFF1415

Oct 29, 2006, 8:16 PM
If you hadn't noticed, Cingular is launching UMTS w/ HSDPA.

Therefore, your numbers are skewed. 😉
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SmartSprint

Oct 29, 2006, 8:19 PM
So you are telling me that UMTS is not yet released??
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RUFF1415

Oct 29, 2006, 8:55 PM
Yes, UMTS is released! But so is the HSDPA upgrade to UMTS which boosts speeds much higher than the UMTS speed you posted.

Look at it like this. Sprint rolled out EVDO Rev O. Now Sprint is rolling out EVDO Rev A overtop the EVDO network they just rolled out last year.

Instead of doing such a thing (twice the time and work?) Cingular rolled out UMTS and HSDPA simultaneously.
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SmartSprint

Oct 29, 2006, 8:59 PM
What are the speeds? also, i was just messing with you "UMTS IS RELEASED??
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RUFF1415

Oct 29, 2006, 9:02 PM
Speeds have been posted in another reply. And I got you now on the sarcasm. 🙂
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mauda04

Oct 30, 2006, 2:20 PM
boys. stop flirting.
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RUFF1415

Oct 29, 2006, 9:02 PM
HSDPA--High-Speed Downlink Packet Access

An upgrade for WCDMA / UMTS networks. It doubles network capacity and increases download data speeds five-fold or more.

While the technology is theoretically capable of downlink (download) data rates up to 8-10 Mbit/s (million bits per second), initial deployments and devices will be limited to 1.8 Mbit/s, followed by network upgrades and new devices capable of 3.6 Mbit/s.

HSDPA is standardized by the 3GPP in UMTS Release 5.


Cingular's 3G network is currently capable of speeds up to 3.6 Mbit/s. With the next software upgrade, existing network equipment will be capable of speeds up to 7.2 Mbit/s. HSUPA and MIMO will follow, further boosting download speeds into t...
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