Comments on: Verizon Wireless teams with notebook makers

Verizon Wireless signs deals with Dell, HP and Lenovo to embed its EV-DO wireless broadband technology into laptops.

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EV-DO is NOT "comparable to AOL dialup"

Sam Bhavnani has no idea what he's talking about. There is no "dialup" service in the world that even remotely approaches the speeds that EV-DO achieves. Even the previous generation CDMA data capability ("1xRTT") is faster than dialup.

Furthermore, his comment that "You could easily find faster Wi-Fi connections in any of those cities" is a bit silly because WiFi "link speed" has little or nothing to do with "effective speed" all the way through a provider's network.

Most public WiFi hotspots are connected to the internet via a T-1, which is 1.544 Mbps shared amongst potentially dozens of users. If someone thinks that just because they get a popup saying their 802.11G connection is "connected at 54 Mbps" that they are actually surfing at that speed, they have no idea what they are talking about and should be doing something other than tech-industry analysis.

[pjk0]

EV-DO is NOT "comparable to AOL dialup"

Sam Bhavnani has no idea what he's talking about. There is no "dialup" service in the world that even remotely approaches the speeds that EV-DO achieves. Even the previous generation CDMA data capability ("1xRTT") is faster than dialup.

Furthermore, his comment that "You could easily find faster Wi-Fi connections in any of those cities" is a bit silly because WiFi "link speed" has little or nothing to do with "effective speed" all the way through a provider's network.

Most public WiFi hotspots are connected to the internet via a T-1, which is 1.544 Mbps shared amongst potentially dozens of users. If someone thinks that just because they get a popup saying their 802.11G connection is "connected at 54 Mbps" that they are actually surfing at that speed, they have no idea what they are talking about and should be doing something other than tech-industry analysis.

[pjk0]

EV-DO is NOT "comparable to AOL dialup"

Sam Bhavnani has no idea what he's talking about. There is no "dialup" service in the world that even remotely approaches the speeds that EV-DO achieves. Even the previous generation CDMA data capability ("1xRTT") is faster than dialup.

Furthermore, his comment that "You could easily find faster Wi-Fi connections in any of those cities" is a bit silly because WiFi "link speed" has little or nothing to do with "effective speed" all the way through a provider's network.

Most public WiFi hotspots are connected to the internet via a T-1, which is 1.544 Mbps shared amongst potentially dozens of users. If someone thinks that just because they get a popup saying their 802.11G connection is "connected at 54 Mbps" that they are actually surfing at that speed, they have no idea what they are talking about and should be doing something other than tech-industry analysis.