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Verizon/Sprint's 3G Coverage on par with AT&T's 2.5G EDGE

lilbp

Nov 5, 2009, 1:24 PM
Just wanted you all to know that most of the the "3G" coverage that Verizon and Sprint tote around is on par with AT&T's 2.5G EDGE coverage. Also, keep in mind that even the newest revisions of EVDO aren't as fast as AT&T's 3G coverage, and have about the same overall coverage as we do.

Not to mention that on EDGE, I can send/receive SMS and email on my smartphone while I'm in a phone call... something that all of the CDMA carriers in my area cannot do.

Don't believe me? There's Google for that.
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WiWavelength

Nov 6, 2009, 3:40 PM
Your post is rife w/ ambiguity & misinformation. It is quite a poor post. Bad show, lilbp.

lilbp said:
Just wanted you all to know that most of the the "3G" coverage that Verizon and Sprint tote around is on par with AT&T's 2.5G EDGE coverage.


How is VZW & Sprint EV-DO coverage "on par" w/ AT&T EDGE coverage? Please elaborate.

lilbp said:
Also, keep in mind that even the newest revisions of EVDO aren't as fast as AT&T's 3G coverage, and have about the same overall coverage as we do.


EV-DO Rev A is the latest commercially available revision. And both VZW (absent the former ALLTEL network) and Sprint have upgraded nearly their entire networks, respectively, t...
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sugarb85

Nov 10, 2009, 4:06 PM
On EDGE u cannot do voice and data at the same time however on 3G you can.
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