EVDO REV A what??

[ny2nctova]

Ok ive been wondering what is EVDO REV A, ive seen alot of people talking about the update coming out soon. What does it do? Btw if there was wifi and you had good connection on the phone how fast would it be then the normal sprint internet?

[highper]

Ok ive been wondering what is EVDO REV A, ive seen alot of people talking about the update coming out soon. What does it do? Btw if there was wifi and you had good connection on the phone how fast would it be then the normal sprint internet?

Check out this link for the answer to your questions:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution-Data_Optimized#TIA-856_Rev_A

--Highper

[jphillip]

Out of curiosity, does Sprint offer EVDO Rev 0, or just 1xRTT? Bell offers both, and there is a remarkable difference in speed, but Rev A does not appear dramatically faster than Rev 0. Since all the Sprint users are going nuts over Rev A, I was assuming they don't even have Rev 0, but maybe I'm wrong?

[Draiko]

Sprint EVDO rev 0 has a max cap of 1.5 mbps
Rev A has a max cap of ~ 3 mbps

I'm getting ~ 1.2 mbps on a 4+ bar signal (rev 0)

good rundown (http://evdoinfo.blogspot.com/2007/03/evdo-rev-vs-evdo-rev-0.html)

[Draiko]

oh yeah, Sprint also throws you on 1xRTT while you're in a call... not sure if that will change with Rev A

[storino03]

That's normal. Rev A won't change it, as it doesn't let you use data/voice at the same time and never will.

--James