I tried out my new PPC-6700 as a BT modem w/ my Powerbook on the Caltrin in and was pleasantly surprised by the speed of the new Sprint’s 3G EVDO network and (more impressively), the latency:

PING www.usc.edu (128.125.253.146): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 128.125.253.146: icmp_seq=0 ttl=231 time=790.626 ms
64 bytes from 128.125.253.146: icmp_seq=1 ttl=231 time=276.552 ms
64 bytes from 128.125.253.146: icmp_seq=2 ttl=231 time=272.030 ms
64 bytes from 128.125.253.146: icmp_seq=3 ttl=231 time=268.766 ms
^C
--- www.usc.edu ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 268.766/401.993/790.626/224.394 ms

That’s 2-3x better than the ping I got on Sprint’s Rx1TT network with my old Treo 600.