A glimmer of Rev A hope....

karlyn · Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 5:43 pm Post subject: A glimmer of Rev A hope....

For those who haven't seen this -- I was browsing over at alltel.howardforums.com and ran across these tidbits:

F34R · EVDO Junkie Joined: 27 Sep 2007 Posts: 153

from what I understand from the tech in my nearby town, smaller cities won't be seeing rev a. I don't know how much to put into that, but it's the only lead I have so far. She compared it to Greenville, SC getting Rev. A, while a town as small as Barnwell, SC not getting the update.

thorcomm · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:14 am Post subject:

Well, since Lynchburg, VA is larger than Greenville, SC - maybe there's still hope, karlyn. Smile

jfarris · EVDO Junkie Joined: 10 May 2007 Posts: 182

Hopefully, being on Interstate 80 will trump being a smaller town when it comes to Rev A, or else we'll get jacked around. Of course, maybe Alltel should actually fix the unstable connection here before going Rev A. I hope this new tower does the trick, but I'm not holding my breath any longer.

Azmyth · EVDO Junkie Joined: 04 Apr 2007 Posts: 197

I hope South Ga is in that equation.

mine has worked good until recently, and has started to fluctuate quite a bit.

hopefully thats them testing rev A.

I need it so badly right now.

frostedflakes · EVDO Fledgling Joined: 27 Apr 2007 Posts: 17

I'm in Manhattan, Kansas, and have noticed recently my rev.0 bandwidth has shot up quite a bit (before I was lucky to hit 1.5Mbps, now 1.8-2.0Mbps seems to be the norm). Perhaps Alltel has added an extra T-carrier or two to the towers in anticipation of greater bandwidth demands due to a rev.A rollout? A guy can hope, at least. Smile

Latency also seems to be better as well, I averaging about 250ms now instead of 400ms. Is the latency improvement from rev.A due to tweaks on the back end, or some change in protocol between the modem and the tower? Because I'm using a RAZR V3m, which is not rev.A compatible, yet I seem to be reaping the benefits of rev.A latency. This leads me to suspect it must mainly be due to network tweaks on Alltel's end.

F34R · EVDO Junkie Joined: 27 Sep 2007 Posts: 153

check your ping from the command prompt and don't rely on online speedtest sites.

jfarris · EVDO Junkie Joined: 10 May 2007 Posts: 182

250 ms latency is typical for rev 0. I typically get around 200. You'll see better than that with a good signal on rev A.

karlyn · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:24 pm Post subject:

jfarris -- after all your pains this year I sure as heck hope your new cell site has Rev. A!

jfarris · EVDO Junkie Joined: 10 May 2007 Posts: 182

So do I, but right now I'm just wondering if they will get it to work. Or if it will ever be installed. I've lost all faith in Alltel. I liked them better when I just had phones through them.

frostedflakes · EVDO Fledgling Joined: 27 Apr 2007 Posts: 17

I think I'm getting messed up with the terminology. Latency is time it takes a packet to reach it's destination, and ping is "round-trip" time, correct? I guess my previous post should have used ping instead of latency, sorry for the confusion.

From the command prompt pinging Google used to take about 350ms I believe, now it's about 200ms. That means 100ms latency through a rev.0 modem.

F34R · EVDO Junkie Joined: 27 Sep 2007 Posts: 153

This might help:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping

frostedflakes · EVDO Fledgling Joined: 27 Apr 2007 Posts: 17

I know how to check Wikipedia. Razz

The point that you guys seem to be missing is that latency (whatever type is being measured, be it there-and-back or just there) is much lower than before. Smile

crystalterrie · EVDO User Joined: 12 Jan 2008 Posts: 32

I do have Rev A here in the middle of nowhere in Northern Michgan. The town I live closest to has a population of about 350. The nearest "big" town is 40 miles away with a population of 10,000. So, I guess I'm trying to say, don't give up hope..there's absolutely no logical reason why I have it here Smile

F34R · EVDO Junkie Joined: 27 Sep 2007 Posts: 153

nice.... i have a little hope now lol