Sprint Power Vision Transfer Rates = Impressive

So recently I got a Sprint PCS Samsung A920 sent to me, for free use, no questions asked, for the next 6 months.

Apparently, I’ve been selected as part of some viral marketing campaign because of this blog. Go figure!

The program doesn’t ask me to post about it, or do anything – just to provide them with feedback.

I haven’t used it much since I just received it Friday, but the one thing I really wanted to find out was the transfer rates when using the phone as a modem. So at 3:30am, I conducted the following tests using Speakeasy’s test site – I compared the bandwidth of my cable modem, this new Sprint PCS phone (1EV-DO), my older Audiovox 5600 (GPRS), and plain old AOL 56k dial up.

First, my Comcast cable modem at 3:30am (the transfer rates fluctuate dramatically during the day):

Yeah… awesome huh?

Next, the new Sprint PCS Phone:

Not too shabby! Better than DSL when my parents first got it at their house!

Now, my primary phone – the 5600 with GPRS:

Wow… I knew it was slow, but didn’t know it was -that- slow!

Finally AOL 56k dialup – I reran the test a few times and the upload part of this test always produced broken results:

Sheesh. GPRS is just a little faster (and the latency is far worse.)

This is very interesting…. EV-DO is pretty neat. Maybe I should keep this phone around… Sprint! Your viral marketing idea is working on me.

Update: Looks like Valleywag got one too.