Data Speed on CDMA

[Ext User(Graeme Willox)]

What's the maximum data speed on 1X CDMA? I just wondered whether
technically, it would be a good alternative to ISDN in areas which can't
get ADSL. I know the cost would be prohibitively expensive.

[Ext User(Telco Geek)]

Graeme Willox wrote:
> What's the maximum data speed on 1X CDMA? I just wondered whether
> technically, it would be a good alternative to ISDN in areas which can't
> get ADSL. I know the cost would be prohibitively expensive.

The theoretical max downstream speed of CDMA 1x is 153kbps.
In reality you get around the 80k mark.

It would be a reasonable alternative to ISDN, but not great.
It's great if you're mobile, but if what you really want is ADSL then 1x
is not quite going to cut it as a fixed wireless alternative (assuming
you can get ISDN).

If you are not too far from a base station that is enabled for CDMA
1xEVDO then you could have a viable alternative - you'd be surprised the
range you can get with an external antenna (esp a high gain Yagi). Then
the theoretical max is 2.4Mbps, and real speeds of ~500kbps are readily
achieved.

[Ext User(Hulkster)]

Until telstra drop their evdo pricing and stupid 15 minute mandatory billing
sessions, it aint going to take off in a hurry

"Telco Geek" <noneone@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> Graeme Willox wrote:
>> What's the maximum data speed on 1X CDMA? I just wondered whether
>> technically, it would be a good alternative to ISDN in areas which can't
>> get ADSL. I know the cost would be prohibitively expensive.
>
> The theoretical max downstream speed of CDMA 1x is 153kbps.
> In reality you get around the 80k mark.
>
> It would be a reasonable alternative to ISDN, but not great.
> It's great if you're mobile, but if what you really want is ADSL then 1x
> is not quite going to cut it as a fixed wireless alternative (assuming you
> can get ISDN).
>
> If you are not too far from a base station that is enabled for CDMA 1xEVDO
> then you could have a viable alternative - you'd be surprised the range
> you can get with an external antenna (esp a high gain Yagi). Then the
> theoretical max is 2.4Mbps, and real speeds of ~500kbps are readily
> achieved.
>

[Ext User(Michael)]

"Hulkster" <Youwish@home.com> wrote in message
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> Until telstra drop their evdo pricing and stupid 15 minute mandatory
billing
> sessions, it aint going to take off in a hurry

There's nothing "MANDATORY" about it, you can stay connected for 1 minute if
you choose. You just choose to pay for the 15 minute

The worlds moved on. Even most voice call pricing is back to 30s blocks