Hi all,

 

I think those of us on EVDO Treos might forget what it used to be like!
A reminder just came to me.  Two days ago I was working at a client
location.  This client has DSL and I noticed, as I downloaded a piece of
software, that I was seeing about 25KBPS download speed.  Turns out
that's the fastest DSL speed available at this location.  As I type this
I'm downloading an 8mb file to my laptop from Nullsoft's web site, my
laptop connected to the internet through my Treo 755p.  The file
downloaded at 36.1KBPS.  6mb file took about two and a half minutes.

 

Sure, I'd like it to be 10x that fast, but hey, I'm downloading a file
to my laptop which is Bluetooth connected to my phone!  

 

Remember payphones?  Remember 300 baud modems and how fast 56kbps modems
seemed?  If my math is right, even the 36.1KBPS speed is pretty anemic
for EVDO, since I think it equates to about 290kbps download speed.

 

Still, faster than my client's DSL service.

 

Not bad!!

 

Cheers,

Don

 



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