Charlotte North Carolina Verizon is turning on EVDO

steve_sanford · EVDO Newbie Joined: 02 Aug 2005 Posts: 3

I have a Samsung i730 Verizon phone and I live in Huntersville NC. EVDO started working last night. It has been working mostly today and I went to the local Verizon store and they said "unofficially" that it will be announced as operational by the end of the week. It is supposed to cover a 50 mile radius of Charlotte. Surprised

grillstomper · EVDO Newbie Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Posts: 2

I noticed EVDO service last night also on my I730 Samsung. The service is much faster! This rocks! Very Happy

steve_sanford · EVDO Newbie Joined: 02 Aug 2005 Posts: 3

I was traveling around making account calls today and was able to get EVDO at about 2 to 3 bars in Huntersville, Cornelius, Davidson and Mooresville along the main town roads. I was only able to get 1x in the Huntersville Business Park but most cell phones barely operate there at all. Verizon is the only provider that can receive a voice call inside our building in the Huntersville Business Park. Birkdale area in Huntersville gets very good EVDO reception. Very Happy

Michael · Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:36 pm Post subject:

Discovering EVDO one day in an area that didn't have EVDO the day before is just like Christmas morning Smile

The good news it will happen to more and more people each day as the rollout continutes.
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catows · EVDO Fledgling Joined: 07 Jun 2005 Posts: 13

Evdo has been working for me in Huntersville and in Charlotte the last two days.

catows · EVDO Fledgling Joined: 07 Jun 2005 Posts: 13

Just did a Speed Test.

005-08-03 11:01:10 EST: 431 / 111
Your download speed : 441815 bps, or 431 kbps.
A 53.9 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 113690 bps, or 111 kbps.

steve_sanford · EVDO Newbie Joined: 02 Aug 2005 Posts: 3

I was traveling south of Charlotte today and EVDO was working as far south as Rock Hill SC which is about 20-25 miles south of Charlotte. Didn't get a chance to do any speed tests.

catows · EVDO Fledgling Joined: 07 Jun 2005 Posts: 13

I know all of the Verizon Techs here in Charlotte and they said it should work for a about a 60 mile radius from the center of downtown Charlotte.

catows · EVDO Fledgling Joined: 07 Jun 2005 Posts: 13

The speed test I did today was from downtown Charlotte at 700 N Tryon St.

I'm using the following:

Dell Latitude X300
XP Pro
KPC650 Aircard
Normal TCP/IP settings

I was all over town today and never lost the EVDO signal.

I just did a test with my Audivox 6600 and was getting 512 down 98 up in East Side of Huntersville.

gproffit · Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 4:22 pm Post subject: Charlotte, NC speedtest result

This is speed result for Charlotte, NC about 4.5 miles from downtown.
Apple PowerBook Mac OS X 10.3.9 (Kyocera 650)

Download speed: 700kbps

Upload speed; 43kbps

Michael · Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 8:59 pm Post subject:

Here is the official EVDO Charlotte Map (should be announced this week):

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