2gbps Wireless Network Rollout this Summer

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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I hate when they define a rollout

[inteller]

as being that back corner of your neighbor's back yard. When I think of rollout, I think of something with a large coverage area, not just some D.C. hotspot to foo^H^H^Hshow all the washington politicos that wireless broadband is here today. Until then i'll stick to Sprint PCS with real NATIONWIDE 3G.

Re:NOT Ultra-Wide Band

[univgeek]

While the standard is part of CDMA2000, and part of the uplink from the cell phone to the base station uses CDMA, the downlink uses TDMA exclusively to increase the total throughput. The downlink is transmitting to only ONE user at a time.

If you want to make sure go ahead and read one of the published papers that you have linked to on the Qualcomm site.