I got a Class 6 16GB SanDisk MicroSD card from Costco for $20, and the performance on it is great for storage and accessing the few apps that allow me to transfer them to the SD card.
On this map it shows the 3G voice coverage that used to be Alltel
And here is a PDF in case my picture doesn't show up because all my data services are weird tonight.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6340907/Coverage%20Viewer.pdf
Yeah, they added 3G coverage to rural Montana and rural Nevada where they didn't have coverage before. I'm not sure what other markets they acquired from the Alltel deal.
4GHoward, I have a Clear iSpot, and lately my data speeds are down to .55 down and .76 up. They might be trying to get the iSpot users to upgrade to standard devices though.
A few months after Verizon lit up LTE in Vegas I got a data card and tried out their new LTE network, and the max speeds I ever got on it was 12Mbps. Actually, it was more like a month after they turned it on.
at&t acquired Alltel assets from Verizon. 2 different networks there too.
at&t then immediately shut off all towers and immediately replaced them with HSDPA 3G.
I hope that the FCC will give them preference for bidding on the H-block, and they may just do that. In fact, they should just give it to Sprint and not even auction it off.
Higher resolution would be nice. I haven't noticed the low resolution much on my Evo Shift, so it doesn't bother me too much. I sure noticed it against the E4GT though.
I don't see us using 2G for data much after NV is complete, but I do remember that 1X Advanced is faster than current 1XRTT. 1G networks don't exist anymore as they were shut down in 2008 when AMPS was turned off.
I don't think that the new 3G network is up and running in the Atlanta area yet, just LTE. They should have 3G up sometime soon in that area and the speeds will be blazing compared to 66Kbps.