EVDO Rev-A: How does it compare

Posted on June 26, 2007 by | 2 Comments

evdoBefore EVDO Rev-A was rolled out in my area I did a speed test and saved the results to see how much of an improvment I would get when Verizon switched things over. Onto the results:

EVDO

    DSLReports
    Down: 619kbps (77KB/s)
    Up: 118kbps (14KB/s)
    Speedtest.net
    Down: 444kbps (55KB/s)
    Up: 127kbps (16KB/s)
    Speakeasy
    Down: 345kbps (43KB/s)
    Up: 119kbps (15KB/s)

EVDO Rev-A

    DSLReports
    Down: 482kbps (60KB/s)
    Up: 322kbps (40KB/s)
    Speedtest.net
    Down: 521kbps (65KB/s)
    Up: 137kbps (17KB/s)
    Speakeasy
    Down: 835kbps (104KB/s)
    Up: 211kbps (26KB/s)

For the most part the speeds were only slightly better. Only in one case was the EVDO Rev-A slower, but that could have been the server I was connecting to at the time. If you have mobile broadband from another provider put your speed test results in the comments section.

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2 Responses to EVDO Rev-A: How does it compare

  1. EVDOalex | June 26, 2007 at 9:34 pm |

    all my speedtest results are here:

    http://EVDOMaps.com/EVDOalex

    FYI, EVDOMaps.com is a free google mashup (provided by http://www.EVDOinfo.com) that displays speedtest results by members of http://www.EVDOforums.com

  2. Brandon Boyce | June 27, 2007 at 5:26 am |

    Thanks for the link, now I know what kind of speeds I can expect in different places I may travel to.