Telus EVDO

[jugheadjones]

What is Telus EVDO? They say it is launching in our area. Any info?

[hugh]

From Telus site

TELUS Mobility's Wireless High Speed (EVDO) network is the latest evolution of North America's leading digital technology standard: CDMA. Wireless High Speed is a highly efficient data network that allows Internet access at average download speeds of 400-700 kilobits per second, which is comparable to wireline high speed technology.

EVDO stands for Evolution-Data Optimized and basically it means higher speeds for wireless data transmission.

This won't make any difference for phone calls but if you have a wireless modem hooked up to your laptop, you'll get much faster downloads or if your phone has video and audio capabilities, you'll get the video and music and video faster.

[revsiriusiakin]

If your internet connections consist of only dial-up or satellite you can buy an AirCard and get fairly decent transfer speed, providing you have cell coverage at your home. 1X is still better than dial-up and if you have EVDO Rev A you can get really good transfer speeds. The plan is between $75 and $100/month (depending on where you live!).

I just got setup and so far so good. 2199kbps down and 315kbps up on average.