Comments on: Verizon Revs Up Rev A-Ready Card http://gigaom.com/2006/12/18/verizon-rev-a-card/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:26:14 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: wireless internet bob http://gigaom.com/2006/12/18/verizon-rev-a-card/#comment-77339 wireless internet bob Thu, 11 Jan 2007 15:07:55 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/12/18/verizon-rev-a-card/#comment-77339 <p>OM, you are correct. there is NO upward compatibility with evdo rev a on any other card except the sierra aircard 595 on the verizon network.</p> <p>BUT that doesn't mean that you should immediately dump your kpc650 of v620. both of these cards are faster than the sierra 595 in non rev a markets (most everywhere for another year yet.)</p> <p>we put up a comprehensive comparison at: http://evdo-coverage.blogspot.com/2005/09/5220-vs-v620-vs-v650-vs-5740-mimo.html</p> <p>and there is a Free 595 offer at http://wireless-internet-broadband-service.com</p> OM, you are correct. there is NO upward compatibility with evdo rev a on any other card except the sierra aircard 595 on the verizon network.

BUT that doesn’t mean that you should immediately dump your kpc650 of v620. both of these cards are faster than the sierra 595 in non rev a markets (most everywhere for another year yet.)

we put up a comprehensive comparison at: http://evdo-coverage.blogspot.com/2005/09/5220-vs-v620-vs-v650-vs-5740-mimo.html

and there is a Free 595 offer at http://wireless-internet-broadband-service.com

]]> By: Ronald Bruintjes http://gigaom.com/2006/12/18/verizon-rev-a-card/#comment-77338 Ronald Bruintjes Tue, 19 Dec 2006 17:05:59 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/12/18/verizon-rev-a-card/#comment-77338 <p>I'm not so much worried about the data throughput, as I am about the charge per Kb - will it be .002 cents, or .002 dollars…?</p> I’m not so much worried about the data throughput, as I am about the charge per Kb – will it be .002 cents, or .002 dollars…?

]]> By: Glenn Fleishman http://gigaom.com/2006/12/18/verizon-rev-a-card/#comment-77337 Glenn Fleishman Mon, 18 Dec 2006 21:44:01 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/12/18/verizon-rev-a-card/#comment-77337 <p>There's always this mismatch between nominal rates and actual rates -- in addition to Jacomo's point about network saturation.</p> <p>The nominal rates may be 3.1/1.8 Mbps, but Verizon isn't promising anything remotely like that. It sounds like 800 Kbps/350 Kbps will be the upper end of the average range, with most users seeing more a mix. The uplink rate will be substantially higher on average than Rev. 0.</p> There’s always this mismatch between nominal rates and actual rates — in addition to Jacomo’s point about network saturation.

The nominal rates may be 3.1/1.8 Mbps, but Verizon isn’t promising anything remotely like that. It sounds like 800 Kbps/350 Kbps will be the upper end of the average range, with most users seeing more a mix. The uplink rate will be substantially higher on average than Rev. 0.

]]> By: Jacomo http://gigaom.com/2006/12/18/verizon-rev-a-card/#comment-77336 Jacomo Mon, 18 Dec 2006 18:34:27 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/12/18/verizon-rev-a-card/#comment-77336 <p>Why do I find it so hard to believe these Broadband numbers ("it offers 3.1 Mbps on the downlink and 1.8 Mbps on the uplink") when all the technical resources I monitor tell us that real world numbers for both EVDO-A and HSDPA(under real world pressure) are still in the 500-700Kbps, with occasional burst to 1Mbps down and 384Kbps up. I would love to see an expert (other than a propagandis from one of the CellCo)address what is real today and what will really & consitently happen when the consumers start downloading and exchanging video (YouTube) and gaming on these congested Narrowband Cell Networks. Watch what happens when The Venice Project releases its HD TV/Video Peer to Peer Network and brings these Narrowband networks to their knees and makes them try and salvage their voice services by teaming with and shifting these true Broadband Services off to the Muni Wireless Mesh Networks.</p> <p>Jacomo</p> Why do I find it so hard to believe these Broadband numbers (“it offers 3.1 Mbps on the downlink and 1.8 Mbps on the uplink”) when all the technical resources I monitor tell us that real world numbers for both EVDO-A and HSDPA(under real world pressure) are still in the 500-700Kbps, with occasional burst to 1Mbps down and 384Kbps up. I would love to see an expert (other than a propagandis from one of the CellCo)address what is real today and what will really & consitently happen when the consumers start downloading and exchanging video (YouTube) and gaming on these congested Narrowband Cell Networks. Watch what happens when The Venice Project releases its HD TV/Video Peer to Peer Network and brings these Narrowband networks to their knees and makes them try and salvage their voice services by teaming with and shifting these true Broadband Services off to the Muni Wireless Mesh Networks.

Jacomo

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