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What is the difference in carriers with wireless data

chormel

Apr 6, 2005, 5:16 PM
I'm considering changing from Verizon to Sprint because they offer a particular phone that I want. Another consideration is the cost of Internet access - Sprint is ~$15 per mo and Verizon is ~$45. Can anyone tell me the difference in the 2 wireless data services?
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verizonmatt

May 26, 2005, 3:27 PM
Coverage and also data through put in the network. Verizon has the fastest through put of any natinal carriers says consurmer reports and vzw's own network test men and women. 😁
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NHCharmedOne

Jun 1, 2005, 8:29 PM
lol go to t-mobile, why would anyone pay that???? you would have to be nuts!!
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stevelvl

Jun 2, 2005, 12:13 AM
NHCharmedOne said:
lol go to t-mobile, why would anyone pay that???? you would have to be nuts!!


why would any one pay more insted of going with t-mob? t-mob is 2g with a data speed of 14.4 KB/sec sprint is 3g with 144 KB/sec scingular has a simalar data speed and verizon has limited ev-do with 2.5 MB/s

let me see it all i did was want to e-mail sure t-mob would be great if i want to sent a 1 mb file it would take me literally hours with t-mobs connection sprint would take me almost an hour and verizon would take me mins.

why would any one pay more? time is money
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NHCharmedOne

Jun 2, 2005, 12:15 AM
well i think its dumb to pay almost what a plan cost, just for data. maybe its just me, but i'm not rich by anymeans, so i go where i can save money, not use my phone to send big files...
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Vatothe0

Jun 9, 2005, 2:13 PM
You must have Cricket Wireless
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mark0000

Jun 11, 2005, 6:46 PM
stevelvl said:
NHCharmedOne said:
lol go to t-mobile, why would anyone pay that???? you would have to be nuts!!


why would any one pay more insted of going with t-mob? t-mob is 2g with a data speed of 14.4 KB/sec sprint is 3g with 144 KB/sec scingular has a simalar data speed and verizon has limited ev-do with 2.5 MB/s


Hey, I don't mean to be jerk but you don't really have your facts straight on speed.
Tmo uses GPRS (2G) ave speed about 40kb/s
Cingular is mostly EDGE(2.5G) ave speed about 100kb/s. Some markets (i think) are getting UMTS which is maxed at 2Mb/s ave about 700-800kb/s.
Sprint is EVDO (barely 3G) with a supposed ave of 400kb/s. (I've not used or tested...
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simplymarcus

Jun 11, 2005, 6:58 PM
Your wrong
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mark0000

Jun 13, 2005, 1:56 PM
simplymarcus said:
Your wrong


Umm.. about what? If I'm wrong I would really like correct information.
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simplymarcus

Jun 13, 2005, 2:44 PM
About EDGE it is faster than Verizon's nationwide data network.
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mark0000

Jun 14, 2005, 11:46 AM
I apologize. After double checking, I was correct about EDGE being approx 100kbps but Verizon's nationwide data only runs an average about 60-80kbps. Sorry about that, thanks for the correction 🤭
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simplymarcus

Jun 14, 2005, 6:12 PM
I also do not agree that GPRS is that slow it depends on what class of GPRS and what class of EDGE. Class 10 GPRS is between 50-60 and class 10 EDGE can get up to 138.
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0siris

Jun 26, 2005, 3:49 PM
An hour to send a 1MB file on Sprint? Based on what? I toyed around with tethered use of Vision, and sent a 2MB file in less than 3 minutes.

Your math doesn't make sense.

BTW, another difference between the services is that Verizon, according to their TOS, charges minutes of airtime for data use. Sprint does not.
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