1XRTT (CDMA2000 1X) is pretty widespread
Tom:
1XRTT (CDMA2000 1X) is pretty widespread (discussion below) -- both Verizon and Sprint have it everywhere, just about. Verizon calls it "Express", Sprint calls it "Vision." It's really for data, you buy a wireless modem for your laptop that lets you connect to their networks. You get landline dial-up speeds when everything works right. Price? At least $60 to $80 a month or more, as well as the cost of the modem.
Verizon has EVDO, the next generation in CDMA, in two markets, and is rolling it out pretty quickly elsewhere. Sprint had been insisting they were going to wait for EVDV to be ready, but realized they can't let Verizon get that big of a lead over them. EVDV isn't due out till 2006. By then Verizon will have EVDO in all the major markets, and most of the mid sized ones. That means they'd own the business data market. 95 (B) never really got off the ground. It's here and there, but nobody's bothering to migrate to it now. 1xRTT blew past it.
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