EVDO Day 4: The upload slowdown

that's right.. it tops out about 115Kbps. I almost didn't go with EVDO because of that. But having 700Kbps (down) on average, everywhere i go was enough to overrule the slow upward connection. I've been on it for a month now and still very happy with it. i understand that verizon will be testing (rolling out?) a rev to their existing network which will nearly double the network speed.. but i don't know if this will apply upstream or just down..

Yes, upload speeds are slower compared to downloads. So, if you are getting EVDO just for uploading, you will not be too happy (unless you are doing it from dialup speeds now). BroadbandAccess download speeds will be 400K - 700K on the average (with bursts to 2mb, but most people will not see that, but can see 1mb downloads) The upload speed is 50K - 100K, which is probably what you are seeing

Asif, Fugu (http://rsug.itd.umich.edu/software/fugu/) rules, and it's free.

C.K., What are you uploading with? If it's FTP, that's a very nice looking FTP Client.. Care to share? -Asif

Upload speeds are certainly one of the disadvantages of 3G (EVDO), however you can say the same thing aboout ADSL, which is similar.

Sheesh. I'm still on dial up, and I'm lucky if I get 4kb/s. By the way, I'm a cheapskate, I'm still running 10.2! :)