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May 12, 2008
Sprint Expands Broadband EV-DO Coverage in New Mexico and Texas
By Raju Shanbhag TMCnet Contributing Editor Sprint (News - Alert) has expanded its mobile broadband service coverage in Albuquerque, New Mexico and El Paso, Texas. Customers in those areas now have access to Sprint Mobile Broadband, compatible with EV-DO Rev. A-capable devices.
In Albuquerque, customers are gaining EV-DO coverage from Sprint in areas like the University of New Mexico campus, Sunport, South Valley, Rio Rancho, Cottonwood Mall, Coronado Mall, Winrock Mall, and Sandia Casino, as well as along local stretches of Interstate 25 and Interstate 40.
In El Paso, EV-DO coverage is being expanded to areas including West El Paso Sunland Park Mall, Bassett Place, Cielo Vista Mall, Ft. Bliss, El Paso International Airport, Horizon, and Texas Tech Medical Center.
A map of the expanded coverage is available at www.sprint.com/coverage and at self-service touch-screen kiosks installed in many Sprint Nextel (News - Alert) retail stores.
Sprint claims that customers using EV-DO Rev. A experience significantly faster upload speeds of 350-500 Kbps (compared with 50-70 Kbps on EV-DO Rev. 0 networks) and download speeds of 600 Kbps-1.4 Mbps (up from 400-700 Kbps) on the Sprint Mobile Broadband Network. Internet users can visit www.sprint.com/speedtest to compare EV-DO Rev. A speeds against the speed of their current connection.
Raju Shanbhag is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Raju’s articles, please visit his columnist page.
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