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2gbps Wireless Network Rollout this Summer

Posted by Hemos on from the break-out-the-handsets dept.

cpfeifer writes "Washington Post has this article about Verizon rolling out it's ultrawideband wireless service based on EvDO (Evolution Data Only). Reiter breaks 1xEV-DO down for us."

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  1. Am I missing something? by justin_speers · · Score: 5, Informative

    2gbps? The article says 2.4mbps... 2gbps would be really cool :)

  2. Another overblown title by eqteam · · Score: 5, Informative

    This is not 2gbps nor is it "ultrawideband". As we all know, 1xEV-DO is more like 2Mbps, and the story is quoted as saying it "Ultra Fast Wireless", not UWB.

  3. NOT Ultra-Wide Band by univgeek · · Score: 5, Informative

    This is in fact not even CDMA - the voice technology used by Verizon. It is a TDMA technique which uses the fact that data is NOT delay-sensitive to increase the data-rate by waiting out 'bad times'.
    The technology provides a high bandwidth to users who are in 'less noisy' areas, where the signal is powerful, and a lower rate, delayed stream to users who are in 'more noisy' areas.

    The technology is Qualcomm's and they are coming up with a hybrid voice-data called EV-DV where DV = Data Voice).

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  4. Break Out A Thousand Handsets... by FrankDrebin · · Score: 4, Informative

    ...if you want 2 Gbps. The 1xEV-DO carrier supports up to 2.4 Mbps total bandwidth (ie. you share it with all other users of the channel). Spin it any way you want, it's still better than 14.4k dialup, but a far cry from wireline broadband.

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