Sprint Accelerates EV-DO Revision A Mobile Broadband Upgrade

labrat

Is the Rev A going to be a higher tiered service or is it replacing Rev O? I'm in for 2 years so I may as well get the fastest possible! Aside from paying for a new card, that should be it. Right?
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xenophon · EVDO Addict Joined: 30 Aug 2005 Posts: 2004

Rev A is essentially replacing Rev 0. Rev 0 devices will still work on Rev A network but I doubt Rev 0 and Rev A will be offered as separate tiers at different price points. They can't guarantee that Rev A will have more performance than Rev O in all situations/locations so it would not make sense to charge more for Rev A. If you are outdoors and close to tower with Rev 0 device and indoors and far away with Rev A device, the Rev 0 device may get better performance.

I'd expect Rev A pricing to be the same but I haven't seen any info about pricing yet so who knows. I have heard they'll completely restructure pricing for WiMAX and no longer do subsidized pricing for devices. I doubt they'd restructure Rev A pricing since WiMAX will have a new pricing model.

You'll likely be able to upgrade to a new card, swap ESN and not change the account. But you might have to commit to another 2 years if not paying full price on card.

Verizon has talked about tiered pricing for DO usage - hopefully Sprint is not considering that.