Verizon Introduces New EVDO Phone and Data Plans

firedude · EVDO Junkie Joined: 26 Mar 2007 Posts: 421

Interesting indeed. Sprint just launched evdo here in the San Luis Obispo area so I assume the we were not part of the canceled 08 upgrades in socal. Thankfully. Verizon (the data folks, the local store) kept telling me we'd have evdo here by March 1st and now it's June and who knows then so I had to bail if I wanted broadband. I know many here who are bailing. I think Verizon has lost the market here. I guess the old adage "those who snooze lose" lol? Anyway it all sounds like it will get very interesting before it's over.

theguero · Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:18 pm Post subject:

This is true! You have to choose the carrier that best suits your needs as a consumer. I would jump ship as well if I lived in place where the other guy had the product I wanted. I thought we had all of our areas covered with EVDO by now... Guess not.

It takes a long time to deploy EVDO. So I can assure you that if it was just launched, it was in the making for at least a year.

I hope we get EVDO there soon! I can assure you VZW is so on top of this it makes the little peoples lives a living nightmere at times. I have been working more nights than days doing these upgrades.

Just to clairify to my last post. A single EVDO carrier is two T1 lines bonded together. So if you were to do the math, it would equal 1.544MB/sec x2. So it is actually 3.088MB/sec. They just round up to the 3.1 figure.
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deparson · EVDO Junkie Joined: 30 Aug 2006 Posts: 248

Are you using T1 as a way to illustrate the bandwidth of EVDO Rev A? If so, I get it.

However, it should be noted that not all towers with Rev A have two T1 lines providing back haul. Some have 1, some have 2, and some have more or don't use T1 lines at all.

Clark.Mac · EVDO Newbie Joined: 22 Feb 2008 Posts: 2

This is terrible news(If True). Does anyone no how long the old TOS will apply to existing customers?
Also, I recently have been throttled between (180-210Kbps), My question is how long does the bandwidth throttling apply?
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xchpstang · Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 12:06 am Post subject:

TigerFX · EVDO User Joined: 05 Jan 2008 Posts: 36

I was at the Verizon store today and asked the rep if I could extend my 1-year AirCard contract to 2 years so I could lock in my rates and terms, and he said they are locked in until I cancel. Even though the contract "expires" in 1 year, I don't need to worry about the terms changing unless I am the one who cancels it.

Should I trust that?

firedude · EVDO Junkie Joined: 26 Mar 2007 Posts: 421

Boy I'm not sure as I was told by Verizon that once a contract expires (after March 1st) and is renewed the new charges will apply. They also told me that if your contact expires and you go on month to month the new charges apply. I don't see how if you have no contract, but then again I suppose if you don't you're at their mercy? I'd ask the folks at 3G Store as soon as they get the entirety of this since they are resellers and should have all the info soon.

As Alex mentioned earlier for new customers they had better hurry and do something before the 1st of March! Man ya have to hate that. Depends on who you talk to at Verizon as to how it works. Too many different answers lol. My suggestion if you don't go through the 3G Store be sure and document the date, time and persons name who you talk to. That saved me and was able to get out of my contract with no ETF's due to being given misinformation. Good luck!

VZWdata · EVDO User Joined: 22 Feb 2008 Posts: 41

firedude · EVDO Junkie Joined: 26 Mar 2007 Posts: 421

In all reality both major carriers seem to be having major problems. I guess the only way to avoid problems or to insure good service is to have an account with both lol! Just use the fail-over feature to bounce back and forth between the two! I hate seeing anyone lose jobs as well. Right now with the economy the way it is it just ads to the strain. Verizon wins one market and Sprint wins another. EVDO is like a box of chocolates, ya never know what you're gonna get. I do think Verizon's current pricing and tactics will drive people to Sprint though. Next Sprint will do something to drive people to Verizon. It's like a ping pong game.Guess we'll see when 3G get all the accurate scoop on things.

In my case as a full-time RV'er cable and DSL are not an option. It boils down to either evdo or satellite. The bad part is the 2 year contracts. Very expensive to switch mid stream with ETF's. Just have to go with what works for you I reckon and at the moment that is Sprint for me. There is no Verizon evdo available in my home area yet and looks months if not longer away. Sprint has no cap on bandwidth and also approves the use of routers. Who knows it may all change tomorrow. Either way I sure hate hearing about anyone losing their jobs.

ZeroPing · EVDO User Joined: 28 Nov 2007 Posts: 30

firedude · EVDO Junkie Joined: 26 Mar 2007 Posts: 421

I'm not so sure they will throttle any of the new customers under the new pricing plans as they (Verizon) will be paid for excess bandwidth beyond the plan limits. For those grandfathered in and not bound by the new TOS it remains to be seen on the throttling over the 5 Gig I guess. In direct response to your question though I've never in my 5 years with Verizon ever seen anyone throttled back, I'm sure there are some, I just never saw or knew of them.

for me after living with 1xRTT for 5 years their throttle back speeds are still almost twice as fast as their 1xRTT speeds ol.

peterv95 · EVDO Fledgling Joined: 15 Jun 2007 Posts: 18

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theguero · Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 8:51 pm Post subject:

Clark.Mac · EVDO Newbie Joined: 22 Feb 2008 Posts: 2