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This might warrant its own thread, but as a follow-up: What cell phone services have people had good experiences with?
Originally posted by Jeff Snyder
Though I'm pretty excited about this data solution, I realize that even GPRS data (~30-50 kbps) is two generations old now, behind EDGE (100-150 kbps)and the new UMTS high-speed networks (400-600 kbps) that Cingular is said to be building starting next year.
Originally posted by David Draun
I don't reccomend Sprint PCS. They kick out in nearly all rural areas. Nationwide network, my butt. Can you hear me now? Nope.
Originally posted by Scott Taylor+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Scott Taylor)</div><!--QuoteBegin-Jeff SnyderThough I'm pretty excited about this data solution, I realize that even GPRS data (~30-50 kbps) is two generations old now, behind EDGE (100-150 kbps)and the new UMTS high-speed networks (400-600 kbps) that Cingular is said to be building starting next year.
Did EDGE ever become readily available to the public?? I thought I remember seeing that it had started being rolled out by AT&T to their towers back in early-mid 2003, but can't find hardly anything on this now. Was it dropped in favor of the UMTS thing?
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Originally posted by Tony Laubach
Gotta agree with David.. in fact, I will likely be a Verizon subscriber come next season.
Originally posted by Skip Talbot
I'm going to put my vote in for Cingular as well. Although its been mentioned in other threads, I think its worthy to note here that there is a loophole in the pricing of data. An unlimited laptop data package from Cingular costs $80. However, you can buy the MEdia Works package for $20 and get the same kinds of speed, connectivity, and unlimited data. The difference between the packages is that the latter was designed for use only on a cell phone browser, however, it can be configured quite easily to provide an internet connection to a laptop as well.
Originally posted by Skip Talbot
Ah ha, an insider! So I guess I am going to have be careful with how much bandwidth I eat up. Do you have any idea how many MBs before a flag gets raised over there? I remember back in the dorm we used to change our MAC addresses to avoid the 500 MB daily limit, but we still had to keep it under 2 GB or else the network admins would catch on. I assume with MEdia works though that the number is more like 20 MB.