3G Network Coming to America

Not2Bryt64 writes: "Reuters has a story about Cingular building a nationwide 3G network. According to Cingular it 'will deliver mobile users data at rates of up to 470,000 bits a second -- fast enough to watch video clips over phones.'" I just hope it doesn't mean that we have to see more annoying Cingular commercials. But I want my video cell phone!

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So now

[wiredog]

Instead of just talking on their cell phones while driving, they can watch video on their cell phones while driving. Oh joy. Oh rapture. Oh ecstasy.

Radio-guesting on the Internet

[Ungrounded Lightning]

Project a bit further - how long is it going to be before your handheld instantly becomes a guest on other companies' networks when you are visiting them, so you get a broadband internet connection through that?

As soon as they install an internet-connected 802.11b and you install something like Air Snort on your handheld.