I’m using a year-old IBM/Lenovo Tablet PC with Windows XP and 1.5GB of RAM.

Here in Chevy Chase, Md. (about a mile north of northwest Washington, D.C.), I’m finding that Rev. A downloads are in the 500sKbps – low 700sKbps. They vary widely, however (mostly somewhat slower).

The Rev. A downloads don’t seem much different than Rev. 0. That might be normal because Rev. A isn’t supposed to be much faster for downloads. But I haven’t found any significant difference between the download rates of Rev. A and Rev. 0, and I probably should see a small, but consistent increase in the speed of A compared to 0.

Uploads, however, are ** dramatically ** faster than Rev. 0. I’m getting data rates of 400sKbps – high 500sKbps. Yes, there are wide variations, but the upload speeds are consistently and significantly higher than Rev. 0.

When using a Sprint LG Fusic Rev. 0 phone connected to my Tablet PC via a cable, I get upload data rates in the 120sKbps – 130sKbps — and that’s pretty normal for Rev. 0. (Yes, I know, using a phone + cable compared to a PC Card isn’t an exact comparison. But I don’t have a Sprint Rev. 0 PC Card.)

Perhaps Sprint needs to tweak the Rev. A download speeds a bit, at least in my area, to boost them.

I tested the data rates using multiple sites listed on DSL Reports (East and West Coasts) as well as using speedtest.net.

Interestingly, speedtest.net was the only site to NOT register any increase in the Rev. A upload speeds; they were about the same as measured for Rev. 0. All the sites on DSL Reports showed the much higher upload data rates, so I am assuming that there might be a problem with speedtest.

Also, a first set of tests I conducted were with the software supplied on Sprint’s CD. I then checked for a software upgrade, and there was indeed a more recent version. This recent version made a significant difference in the data rates. Both the upload and download speeds are faster.

I realize my tests are relatively unscientific, but I think they might be relatively accurate.

Anyone have a more accurate way to test data rates?

In the last mobile tech podcast, you seemed implicitly regretting the lack of a PC card slot on sammy -to be able to connect to new gen mobile networks, did you tried one of the CF-PCMCI adapters available on the market? ( for example http://www.amazon.com/ORA-Memory-PCMCIA-Card-Adaptor/dp/B000A0BZ8Q?tag=pccounselor-20/sr=1-5/qid=1162559157/ref=sr_1_5/102-7355481-6304930?ie=UTF8&s=electronics)

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Though the two year contracts all these guys want it most definitely NOT nice. I don’t like commitment.