RE: [Fed-Talk] RE: Cingular Discount
RE: [Fed-Talk] RE: Cingular Discount
- Subject: RE: [Fed-Talk] RE: Cingular Discount
- From: "Lewis Bean" <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 16:00:40 -0500
- Thread-topic: [Fed-Talk] RE: Cingular Discount
EVDO Rev A offers sufficient bandwidth for video chat. It currently
offers 300-400Kbps upload speed.
Sprint has already deployed EVDO Rev A in a number of major markets
including (Washington/Baltimore, Pittsburg, NYC, Boston, Los Angeles,
San Diego, San Francisco, Sacramento, and Las Vegas). They will cover
21 major markets by the end of 2006 and their entire "Power Vision"
network to Rev A by Q3 2007.
Unfortunately, at this moment, Sprint is not selling their express card
EVDO modems. They are also not selling their USB modem either. Both
were expected this year, but seem to be very constrained.
I will be getting the USB modem as soon as it becomes available, so that
I can use it with MacBook and PowerBook systems.
Sprint offers a similar government employee discount program to
Cingular.
Text from the Sprint Press release on the subject follows..
Enjoy,
Lewis Bean
GTSI Pre-sales Engineer
Mobility Solutions
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OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - 10/24/2006
Sprint (NYSE: S) today announced that it has upgraded the Sprint Power
Vision Network(SM), the nation's largest wireless broadband network
covering more than 164 million people, with the faster EV-DO Revision A
technology in the San Diego market - making it the first market in the
country to have the technology commercially available. With the upgraded
mobile broadband network, customers in San Diego will ultimately be able
to utilize richer applications and services such as high-speed video
telephony, music on demand, video messaging and large file uploads.
San Diego is the first of 21 markets where Sprint will roll out EV-DO
Revision A this year with coverage expected to reach more than 40
million people. Sprint Power Vision users in these markets should
experience significantly faster average upload speeds of 300-400 kbps
(compared with 50-70 kbps of current EV-DO networks). Average download
speeds should also increase to 450-800 kbps from 400-700 kbps. By 3Q
2007, Sprint's Power Vision network is expected to be completely
upgraded to the faster EV-DO Revision A.
The other markets scheduled to launch this year are:
Baltimore
Boston
Buffalo, N.Y.
Denver
Detroit
Hartford, Conn.
Kansas City, Mo.
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Milwaukee
New York City
Newark/Trenton, N.J.
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Providence, R.I.
Sacramento, Calif
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Seattle
Washington, D.C.
"Sprint's mobile broadband leadership is unmatched. Not only do we have
the largest mobile broadband network, but with the upgraded EV-DO
Revision A technology Sprint Power Vision will also be the fastest
wireless broadband network in the country," said Kathy Walker, chief
network officer for Sprint. "The power of Sprint's networks, especially
with this EV-DO Revision A upgrade, allows Sprint to deliver a mobile
broadband experience to our customers that no other carrier can
provide."
The upgrade to EV-DO Revision A is expected to further drive Sprint's
industry-leading wireless data average revenue per user as customers
will be able to use the upgraded network to utilize applications such as
all IP video telephony, high-performance push-to-talk (walkie-talkie
service), multi-user video conferencing, real-time gaming and video
streaming of both content and live web cams simultaneously as they
become available.
EV-DO Revision A coverage in most markets will initially be concentrated
in airports and business districts where wireless data demand is highest
and will expand to include Sprint's entire market footprint. Overall,
Sprint plans to reach more than 200 million people in the U.S. with
mobile broadband data services (including both EV-DO Revisions 0 and A)
in 220 major metropolitan areas across the country with its Power Vision
network by the end of 2006.
-----Original Message-----
From: fed-talk-bounces+lewis.bean=email@hidden
[mailto:fed-talk-bounces+lewis.bean=email@hidden] On Behalf
Of Henry, Joseph Mr US Army\Contractor
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 3:12 PM
To: 'email@hidden'
Subject: [Fed-Talk] RE: Cingular Discount
Is Apple looking at integrating the Broadband cards in the MacBooks? Or
is
the bandwidth too slow to look at that right now? I know that I can't
use
Video Chat with the Cingular Broadband card and a PowerBook. It says
the
bandwidth is not enough.
Thank you,
--
Joseph Henry
Team Lockheed Martin / ICS Inc.,
AG-1 (CP), CISD, EIB
PECP-CHR-EI
email@hidden
Message: 1
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 18:33:00 -0500
From: "Wm. Cerniuk" <email@hidden>
Subject: [Fed-Talk] Cingular Discount
To: FedTalk Talk <email@hidden>
Message-ID: <email@hidden>
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There is suppose to be a Cingular discount for Federal Employees her:
http://www.cingular.com/government/federal_programs
But the link seems to be dead.
I found this via AKO at:
https://www.us.army.mil/suite/doc/6391184
> Cingular's Sponsorship Program offers a 19% service discount per
> month, 40% off non-contract priced handsets, and 10% off accessories.
> There are free handsets available depending on the current promotion
> within the user 's area or region. The service agreement is for two
> years and service activation and shipping fees are waived. Ordering
> can occur through Cingular 's web-based Premier Site
> (https://business.cingular.com/cingular/authenticate/?
> _requestid=486460 or
> http://www.cingular.com/government/ (click on Discount Eligibility)).
> For both links, once you log in, you will need to enter your work
> e-mail address. When the user enters their e-mail address, he/she
> will be sent an e-mail with the link to Premier. The e-mail will
> serve as verification that the user is a government employee. Upon
> logging in to Premier, the user will be able to process an order and
> receive the discount. Orders can also be processed through Cingular
> owned retail stores when a valid military ID and the Foundation
> Account Number (FAN 33465) are provided. The BPA number is
> W91RUS-06-A-0003.
Very Respectfully,
Wm. Cerniuk
Project Manager / Sr. Systems Architect
Veteran's Affairs
877.529.5730 (toll free)
Time is Short, and the Water Rises
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