Hello Dustin No, I did not. But based on the latency and upstream bandwidth, I'd guess it would work quite well. I run it under XP. I could test it via Vonage. But, does anyone know if ICS on XP supports SIP? Is that enough acronymns. :-)
-Ben ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Thu Mar 15 23:10:37 2007 Subject: Re: [nycwireless] EVDO Rev A Feedback.... Did you try Skype over it? - Dustin Ben R. Serebin wrote: > Hello All, > > ** EVDO Primer for EVDO Feedback ** > EVDO Rev 0 - original version of Verizon/Sprint cellular broadband. > EVDO Rev A - version 2 of Verizon/Sprint cellular broadband > 1xRTT - 1st Verizon/Sprint broadband* cellular marketed as > NationalAccess from Verizon. * = broadband is a push. > > ** EVDO Rev A Feedback ** > I've been using EVDO Rev A for about 2 weeks now (Manhattan, Brooklyn, > Westchester, and on the Harlem MetroNorth line). I had previously used > EVDO Rev 0 for about 2 years. So, a month ago, I bought a new laptop > with the option for integrated EVDO (thank goodness I didn't get the kit > when I bought the laptop). I scrapped the idea of integrated since Rev A > since my laptop vendor doesn't plan to support integrated Rev A. So, I > bought a standard Rev A PC card. > > ** Hardware Used ** > Rev 0 - Kyocera KPC-650 [2 years of usage] > Rev A - Verizon PC7550 [2 weeks of usage so far. Currently using this.] > > ** The Real Feedback... ** > - vast majority of latency is under 100ms. Rev 0 typically was over > 200ms. > - bandwidth... down I've seen 1012kbps and uploads of 750kbps. Up is > about double (100%) faster than Rev 0. Down is about 20-30% (200-300k) > faster. > - card stays on Rev A a lot more than Rev 0 did before switching to > 1xRTT > - when on 1xRTT, Rev A switches back to Rev A (Rev 0 didn't that) > - quoted battery life is supposedly worse, but not noticeable > > ** Feedback Summary ** > - highly recommended for heavy or latency sensitive users > - upload increase in bandwidth is noticeable and welcome > > -Ben > -- > NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ > Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ > Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ > -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
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