Updated Speedtest for Sprint Merlin EX720 on MacBook Pro
I’m not sure if Sprint turned up the juice or put in a new transmitter but the EVDO connection is quicker than usual. I grabbed a couple of screenshots from two different sources - Speedtest.net and Speakeasy’s site. Both reported similar download speeds rivaling home broadband connections (well - not our FiOS connection but you get the drift…)
The first screenshot - Speedtest.net.
- POP: NYC - Optimum Online
- Download - 1496 kb/s (T1 baby!)
- Upload - 751 kb/s
The second screeshot confirms the results above are not an anomaly:
- POP: Speakeasy NYC
- Download: 1792 kb/s (T1? It’s better than a T)
- Upload: 662 kb/s
Can’t wait to see what WiMAX will offer in real world deployments. Provisioning problems could be a thing of the past once WiMAX is in the wild. That silly Verizon BS of “we’ll be there sometime between 8AM and 6PM on some day next week” will be a thing of the past. The future is so… rosy.
Have a great weekend!
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