Comments on: Sprint Adds 3G Modem Option to New Simply Everything Plan http://gigaom.com/mobile/sprint-adds-3g-modem-option-to-new-simply-everything-plan/ Sun, 27 May 2012 02:10:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Raphael Salgado http://gigaom.com/mobile/sprint-adds-3g-modem-option-to-new-simply-everything-plan/#comment-413300 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:50:59 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=29949#comment-413300 Simultaneous data and voice gains big Wife Acceptance Factor (WAF) points for me, which is why I’ll never go back to CDMA technology until they fix that issue. From my RAZR V3xx to my iPhone, I can tether and surf and talk all at the same time, and my wife never goes straight to voicemail.

]]> By: Joe http://gigaom.com/mobile/sprint-adds-3g-modem-option-to-new-simply-everything-plan/#comment-413299 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 02:13:23 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=29949#comment-413299 Um, no it doesn’t. You can’t do data and voice at the same time on EVDO unless the voice is VOIP and neither Sprint nor Verizon have the backend for that.

What will happen is that the EVDO will go into standby when a call comes in, so that you can get all your calls. (On 1xRTT, all calls received while data was coming in went to voicemail).

Now, Sprint at one point had planned on switching to EVDV, which would have allowed simultaneous data and voice, but they decided not to.

]]> By: Perry http://gigaom.com/mobile/sprint-adds-3g-modem-option-to-new-simply-everything-plan/#comment-413298 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 02:06:33 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=29949#comment-413298 Good question! To be honest, I’ve never paid attention to my data connection while placing a call. I just know that I’m still able to receive email while talking.

]]> By: Kevin C. Tofel http://gigaom.com/mobile/sprint-adds-3g-modem-option-to-new-simply-everything-plan/#comment-413297 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 02:01:36 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=29949#comment-413297 Perry, can you initiate calls when using EV-DO or can you only receive them? It’s been a while since I had CDMA voice service…

]]> By: Perry http://gigaom.com/mobile/sprint-adds-3g-modem-option-to-new-simply-everything-plan/#comment-413296 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:28:18 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=29949#comment-413296 Actually, EVDO handles simultaneous voice and data quite nicely. The data connection drops to a single channel as voice uses the other. I do it all the time.

]]> By: Ben Lobenstein http://gigaom.com/mobile/sprint-adds-3g-modem-option-to-new-simply-everything-plan/#comment-413295 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:07:49 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=29949#comment-413295 This isn’t new, they have offered this unofficially since SEP came out.

]]> By: CSMR http://gigaom.com/mobile/sprint-adds-3g-modem-option-to-new-simply-everything-plan/#comment-413294 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:04:09 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=29949#comment-413294 The luxury-item price shows how much we are in need of a more universal system, whether it’s provided by governments, by Google, or by an consortium of companies.

Is any of the bailout money going to help provide wide-area wireless internet?

]]> By: Scotty http://gigaom.com/mobile/sprint-adds-3g-modem-option-to-new-simply-everything-plan/#comment-413293 Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:17:57 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=29949#comment-413293 So what you’re saying is it’s the Sprint Walk Talk and Chew Gum at the Same Time Plan(tm).

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