Life on the Road with 3G

Posted by michael on Wednesday March 26, 2003 @03:45AM from the slightly-ahead-of-his-time dept.

david_adams writes "Since I first evaluated Sprint's new Vision "3G" high speed wireless data service in September of last year, I've had the opportunity to travel around the country, using the service to keep in touch with the world, receive all my spam, er, email, and do my work. I've used the service in hotels, restaurants, parked cars, moving cars, picnic tables, and airports, in huge cities, and in desolate stretches of interstate highway. Here are my impressions after this long term test."

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Re:SMS by pork_spies · 2003-03-26 03:56 · Score: 3, Insightful

SMS messages aren't cheaper. As they are unregulated they are cash cows for the telcos and a lot more expensive. They are popular because they are convenient and fun. Watching a football (soccer) game you can send a message without having to go into the whole how's the wife/kids/job/mortgage guff.