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On cell phones, what does EVDO mean, and what is the alternative to it?

I believe Spint utilizes EVDO but perhaps not the other carriers. Is it better to have it or to go elsewhere?

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1. Evolution-Data Optimized, formerly called Evolution-Data Only, abbreviated as EV-DO or 1xEV-DO and often EVDO, is a wireless radio broadband data standard adopted by many CDMA mobile phone service providers in Japan, Korea, Brazil, Israel, the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Venezuela, and Mexico. It is standardized by 3GPP2, as part of the CDMA2000 family of standards. 1xEV-DO is pronounced "Wun-Ex E-Vee-Dee-Oh." It is commonly referred in the industry as DO ("Dee-Oh").

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