Neotel’s CDMA network has been constructed using the latest available CDMA technology and as such is EV-DO Revision A network. This network provides for theoretical maximum speeds of 3.1Mbps on the forward link and 1.8Mbps on the reverse link. Devices utilizing EV-DO Rev A can expect peak speeds in these regions, devices utilizing Release 0 (a previous EV-DO standard) can expect peak speeds of 2.4Mbps on the forward link and 156kbps on the reverse link, however real world experience as, examined by the designer of CDMA shows the connection speed to average between 300kbps and 700kbps for Rel 0 and 450kbps and 900kbps for Rev A.
Neotel has taken the approach of communicating the real world speeds rather than the theoretical maximum speeds as other operators do, as this represents a more realistic level of service that a user can experince. These real world average speeds are the connection between the customer premises equipment and the base station. Neotel cannot control the speeds at which a user downloads a file from a server over the Internet, as there are multiple factors that impact this, factors which are out of Neotel’s control.
Neotel is currently rolling out it’s CDMA network, as a result certain areas will, during the roll out phase, experience over capacity where subscriber numbers in an area exceed the capacity of the network in that area. Neotel is closely monitoring these situations and responding by increasing capacity on these affected base stations, and in certain instances building new base stations to alleviate these issues.
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