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Cingular To Offer Mobile High-Speed Internet

Posted by timothy on from the a-held-breath-never-boils dept.

ArbiterOne writes "ZDNet has the story: Cingular is moving ahead with its plans to offer wireless high-speed Internet access to consumers. Lucent Technologies has agreed to provide the technology, and Cingular has agreed to buy out AT&T Wireless, and become the number-one cell carrier in the US."

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  1. Think OUTSIDE the box.. by Segway+Ninja · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I know this is an unfarmiliar concept tosome of you, but hear me out.

    One GSM Modem + One Laptop + One provider offering High Speed wireless internet over its network = a Laptop on the internet.

    We've got such setups going in New Zealand, and it's slowly becoming mainstream.