14 DAY TRIAL // Sprint, the third largest wireless telecommunications network in USA, a Tier 1 Internet provider that provides a part of the Internet backbone and the operator of the largest wireless broadband network in USA, has announced that they have started the first EV-DO Revision A broadband network in San Diego, the first region in USA, from other 21 officially announced by Sprint, to have access to the new type of wireless technology.
Until the end of this year Sprint has announced an expected 40 million people coverage with the help of the new broadband network, that enables the user to access high-speed telephony, music, video and other online content on demand, video messaging and huge file transfers with upload speeds that have reached 300-400 kbps from 50-70 kbps in the past (and rumors say the upload speed will get much higher peak speeds), and with download speed of 450-800 kbps from 400-700 kbps in the current EV-DO network.
Other services that the users will have access to more easily when the Sprint wireless network will be upgraded according to the new Revision A specifications will be the high performance push-to-talk service, IP video telephony, real-time gaming, multi-user video conferencing and video streaming of content or web cams.
Kathy Walker, chief network officer of Sprint, said that "Sprint's mobile broadband leadership is unmatched. Not only do we have the largest mobile broadband network, but with the upgraded EV-DO Revision A technology Sprint Power Vision will also be the fastest wireless broadband network in the country. The power of Sprint's networks, especially with this EV-DO Revision A upgrade, allows Sprint to deliver a mobile broadband experience to our customers that no other carrier can provide."
The other cities soon to get the new technology working are Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, N.Y., Denver, Detroit, Hartford, Conn., Kansas City, Mo., Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, New York City, Newark/Trenton, N.J., Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Providence, R.I., Sacramento, Calif, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C..
The access to the high speeds of the EV-DO Revision A Sprint network have risen at the same speed as the transfer quality offered by the new technology: if you want unlimited access and sign a two year service agreement and mail-in rebate you will pay 49.99 $ a month, and 79.99 $ a month if you don't want to sign any kind of papers with the wireless carrier.
Considering the fact that Sprint Nextel expects a full upgrade of the current network until the Q3 2007, I suppose that they will attract lots of new customers from other less "speedy" wireless broadband networks of other mobile carriers, and if the new technology proves as good as the papers say, the Sprint network upload and download lines will be full 24/7 of exchanged data between the increasing number of customers.