Sprint First To Market With Faster EV-DO Upgrade
from the zoooom dept
Sprint has turned on its EV-DO Rev. A network in San Diego, and says it will light up 20 more markets by the end of the year. The company has made good on its August announcement that it was accelerating its Rev. A rollout, and Sprint is quietly asserting itself as the US' mobile broadband leader. Its Rev. A network is now the fastest in the country (with 700-850 kbps down and significantly, 300-400 kbps uplink), it's beaten rival Verizon to market, and perhaps most importantly, it's not stupidly restricting customers' use of its data network like some other operators who market their services as "unlimited" when they are anything but. Also buried in the Sprint announcement was the news that it's rolling out its first USB EV-DO modem in November, a move which could help it grab a new chunk of users. Now, if only operators would break the 80/60 pricing rule...Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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PS What devices actually exist that use Rev A? The answer will surprise you. No worries!
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How many would you like for Sprint?
Sprints,
Novatel S720
Pantech PX-500
AirCard 595
Linksys Wireless-G Mobile Broadband Router WRT54G3G-ST so you can slap one of those cards above into it.
They even have a CrackBerry with build in EVDO rev A.
Verizon's one card so far,
Novatel V640
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Pantech PX-500 Compatible with WRT54G3G-ST ???
Anyone have the same problem? If so, how did you resolve it?
Thanks for your help.
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extremely frustrating. however i have read that the top global router is compatible with this card. if anyone has any experience with this router please post...
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note: you have to select windows vista as your operating system.. don't ask me why!!!
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Pantech px500 compatible with Vista?
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You don't have to buy another card. You will need to phone Sprint Advanced tech support to get a temporary workaround zip file that will let it work with Vista and your card. Here's a copy and paste of a comment I left on another forum:
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 6:08 pm Post subject: Pantech PX-500 Vista update
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Like many of us I bought my SPrint Mobile Broadband card PX 500 before Vista.
When I switched to Vista the downloadable software from Sprint would not work. Advanced Sprint Tech Support ( 866-818-1944 ) sent me a zip file which is a temporary workaround (using Vista's "Connect to" dialup). Pantech Drivers.zip (containing Pantech_px500_v3.02.021.msi). It works fine but does not have the visual features (including speed, whether or not you are in a REv A area, etc.)
I phoned Sprint Tech support today and the person told me there was still no update for Vista, but that it might be available within the month, since they had already updated the other drivers and only the PX500 was left.
So give Sprint 30 days and let's see if they have their Vista solution for PX500.
In the meantime contact sprint to get their current workaround as I indicate above.....
Rowby
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I get what you explained to the other guy I just don't understand the steps in the process you suggested.
Thanks,
Jim G North Carolina
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PX-500 and Linksys Wireless G router & Mac
i am trashing my old HP and switching to macbooks.
i use the PX500 in my HP laptop now.
after you set up the linksys G using windows, can you then get on line with via the Macbook's airport (wi-fi)? if so i can get rid of my Old HP and network my new macbooks...
Many Thanks
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PX-500 Alternative Routers???
thanks..Mando
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getting penteck px-500 to work on Vista
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PX-500 UPDATE 4 VISTA!!!!!!!
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