On Saturday 19 March 2011 12:38 PM, Roshan wrote: > On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 10:05 PM, Rony wrote: > >> True but they have just begun taking in customers. Has anyone got speeds >> of Tata and Reliance? > I guess, this may be a off-track speed report, but I have got > relatively speeds of using Reliance Netconnect BB+. Now, even though > that isn't 3G and cannot reach 21 Mbps - it is good enough. > > I'm in Bangalore and I get 1.54 Mbps download (nearly 1 Mbps for most > of the times) and 244 Kbps upload (bandwidthplace.com). > > Netconnect BB+ is also 3G but for CDMA networks. 1.54 Mbps that you get is quite decent compared to the pathetic GSM's 3G. If possible check the same speed using a CDMA phone that supports EVDO.
CDMA 2000 is the common platform and on that they have 1X for GPRS/EDGE type speeds (144 Kbps) and EVDO for speeds upto 2.4 Mbps. In order to keep backward compatibility with older phones, CDMA uses the same existing bands therefore has speed limits. GSM uses a different band altogether for 3G, to get more speeds and that is why they can ( in theory only ) reach speed of 21 Mbps and beyond. For that the Govt. had recently auctioned new 3G bands to the mobile operators. For India it is the 2100 Mhz. band using UMTS. -- As a proper list etiquette..... Please trim your replies. Avoid cross posting to other lists. Replies from other lists, to cross posted mails are not available to our members. Post your replies below the relevant original text, leaving a line space. Do not re-use old messages to write new ones. For new messages, create a new message. Regards, Rony. -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
