Sprint Upgrades EV-DO Network

Sprint announced today that they are upgrading their EV-DO network to the faster Revision A. Users in San Diego can expect an 8 fold increase in upload speeds.

San Diego is the first of 21 markets where Sprint will roll out EV-DO Revision A this year with coverage expected to reach more than 40 million people. Sprint Power Vision users in these markets should experience significantly faster average upload speeds of 300-400 kbps (compared with 50-70 kbps of current EV-DO networks). Average download speeds should also increase to 450–800 kbps from 400-700 kbps. By 3Q 2007, Sprint’s Power Vision network is expected to be completely upgraded to the faster EV-DO Revision A.

The other markets scheduled to launch this year are:
Denver Las Vegas Los Angeles
Kansas City, Mo. Sacramento, Calif. Salt Lake City
San Francisco Pittsburgh Washington, D.C.
Seattle Detroit Milwaukee
Boston Buffalo, N.Y. Hartford, Conn.
Newark/Trenton, N.J. Providence, R.I. Baltimore
New York City Philadelphia

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