Sprint EVDO Rev A Coverage Sightings

Michael · Last edited by Michael on Sun Apr 13, 2008 10:53 am; edited 18 times in total

See EVDOmaps.com for the latest coverage sightings

This thread is used to report any Sprint EVDO Rev A coverage sightings. Please post your upload/download speeds, ping times and your location.

Cities in black have been announced by Sprint, but not yet confirmed to have Rev A (so if you live in one of these cities, and have seen Rev A, please post to this thread so we can update this list).

Cities in green bold have been announced by Sprint and confirmed by users. (Currently there are 17 cities that fall into this category.)

Cities in orange bold have not yet been announced by Sprint, but users have posted and confirmed Rev A in those areas. (Currently there are 52 cities that fall into this category.)

* 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
* Phoenix
* Pittsburgh
* Providence, R.I.
* Sacramento, Calif
* Salt Lake City
* San Diego
* San Francisco
* Seattle
* Tempe
* Washington D.C.
* Brookline, MA
* Carlsbad, CA
* La Jolla, CA
* Waukesha, WI
* Martinez, CA
* Allentown, PA
* Costa Mesa, CA
* Buena Park, CA
* San Ramon, CA
* Hoboken, NJ
* Dunellen, NJ
* Wellesley Hills, MA
* Madison Heights, MI
* Bedminster, NJ
* Pittsburg, CA
* Silver Spring, MD
* Columbia, MD
* Highland, MD
* Silverthorne, CO
* Santa Clara, CA
* Indiana, PA
* North Hollywood, CA
* Walnut Creek, CA
* Rialto, CA
* East Aurora, NY
* New Baltimore, MI
* Mc Lean, VA
* Rockville, MD
* Marblehead, MA
* Springfield, VA
* San Jose, CA
* Allen Park, MI
* Towson, MD
* Melville, NY
* Irvine, CA
* Moorpark, CA
* Mountain View, CA
* Oakland, CA
* Bradford, MA
* Methuen, MA
* Long Beach, CA
* Boston, MA
* Anaheim, CA
* Orange, CA
* Arcadia, CA
* Allentown, PA
* South Milwaukee, WI
* Santa Rosa, CA
* Dover, DE
* Whitfield, GA
* Okeechobee, FL
* Burlingame, CA

Here is a simple way to determinee if you are in an EVDO Rev A area:

Menu -> Device Info & Diagnostics -> Network Service

If it says EVDO Rev A, you are in an EVDO Rev A area.

You can also hover the mouse over the signal bars and it will quickly tell you if you are in an EVDO Rev A area:

As new locations are reported, we will update this message.

New... Sprint is now showing EVDO Rev A on their static coverage maps. Many areas NOT on the above list are showing up with EVDO Rev A, so be sure to check the maps at:

http://powervision.sprint.com/mobilebroadband/plans/coverage.html

Report any new EVDO Rev A coverage sightings to this thread.
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Michael · Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 2:43 pm Post subject:

There is an easier way to see if you are in EVDO Rev A (need to confirm).

The little arrows that you see when connected, will be a different color when connected via EVDO Rev A, perhap yellow.
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Gregorius · Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 2:51 pm Post subject: Other Cities

Is there a list out for when other cities are going to be getting the Rev A Network? I live in Phoenix and we usually are one of the first to get technology upgrades. Mad

cherokee · EVDO User Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 63

revA is live in detroit but speeds are not stable yet. you can also hold the mouse over the antenna area that shows your signal strenght and it will say revA also there is a slight yellow to the data now. dslrports not working to good tonight but here is a copy and paste of my test at the following site.

Download Speed: 2455 kbps (306.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 190 kbps (23.8 KB/sec transfer rate)

http://chicago.speedtest.frontiernet.net/
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fluxt · EVDO Newbie Joined: 24 Oct 2006 Posts: 6

Before I had been getting about half that download speed.

The upload speed is the same however.

Note that even though it says the distance is ~100 miles, I am actually in downtown DC.

cherokee · EVDO User Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 63

here is one from that site but keep in mind I am at home now with a -80 signal. Will post tomorrow from a better spot.

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Camarones · Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 9:42 pm Post subject:

It is indeed live here in San Diego. The arrows in the client app do turn yellow when you make the connection.

My connection is pretty weak so I probably won't do any speed tests tonight.

Semi75 · EVDO Junkie Joined: 25 Feb 2006 Posts: 240

From Cherokee's reports the latency isn't super impressive so far.

To those testing I would love to hear about what pings you are getting.

Michael · Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 7:03 am Post subject:

How about for ping times, everyone pings to the same location, so it will be easier for comparisons.

I suggest EVDOforums.com & Google.com

Keeping in mind, it will depend on how many hops aways you are and that can impact ping times.
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rickster · EVDO Junkie Joined: 27 Aug 2005 Posts: 216

A better measurement might be first doing a tracert to some arbitrary site see where the first hop is off the box. Then do ping times to that host.

Camarones · Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 8:25 am Post subject:

Michael · Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 9:35 am Post subject:

Actually, what Rickster suggests is really the best way to test.

If the slow down occurs once you leave the Sprint network, that really has nothing to do with your EVDO connection.
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Camarones · Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 11:12 am Post subject:

xenophon · EVDO Addict Joined: 30 Aug 2005 Posts: 2004

If your HA (home agent) is set somewhere else in the country (not near you), you may have higher ping times once it hits the Internet backbone.

See this thread to determine which HA you are on....
http://www.evdoforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=2001&highlight=data+tuning

xenophon · EVDO Addict Joined: 30 Aug 2005 Posts: 2004

Someone in San Diego shows a RevA test on dslreports archive....

http://www.dslreports.com/archive/spcsdns.net

883/304 Sprint EV-DO-Rev A anon San Diego, CA, USA California, USA 25th 02:19 PM area2.spcsdns.net

Not an impressive download speed at 883Kbps but the upload is 304Kbps. The HA is set to area2, which is in the midwest, so may not be as efficient as it could be.