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Cingular To Offer Mobile High-Speed Internet
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."
The choice of UMTS sets Cingular apart from Verizon, which is further along in using a system known as EV-DO (Evolution-Data Optimized). UMTS is based on GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) technology that supports data rates of up to 384 kilobits per second, Cingular said. An enhanced version called High Speed Downlink Packet Access would offer peak data rates of 14.4mbps. GSM is well-established in Europe but less widely used in the United States.
Hopefully this will mean that it will be easier to travel from a cell phone usability point of view... on the other hand, CDMA is superior to GSM, so is this a case of comprising technical superiority for the sake of compatibility?
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1. When we say "high speed", what bandwidth are we talking about?
2. How accessible is this high speed for today devices like say, mobile phones? Can I use my cell phone to browse at high speed?
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I disagree.
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Mobile internet still has its uses.
GPRS is well suited to rss feeds in paticular. I have a small phone screen, 95*60 px I think and I always read the bbc news while I'm on the bus, or driving or just don't have a net connection handy.
Though for anything else, it does pretty much suck, agreed.
However a large number of, PDA type devices with larger screens are appearing, so there is hope for mobile browsing. Now if only web developers would embrace xml,rss and css like they're 'sposed too!!
P.S. Is it possible to get slashdot on a mobile(wap) phone. Maybe an rss reader for phones?
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Seriously though, I won't want to use my cellphone to browse the internet. However, hooking it up to a PC is a wonderful thing to do, as people alreay are with CDMA phones in India (Reliance, Tata Indicom, etc)
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Cingular, in a statement announcing the 3G testing, described general aspects of some services it might offer consumers with the new network. The offerings could include downloading film trailers and sports highlights, access to e-mails with large attachments, and locating automated bank machines, movie theaters or restaurants.
If this is what they're thinking of, they don't get it, and if that's what they offer, I certainly won't.
I realize not everone wants/needs SSH. But the thing with this kind of offering is to offer a *platform* open enough that all kinds of folks can develop interesting services. Do this, and you don't have to do focus groups to discover what people will like -- a market will do it for you.
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Because if it's anywhere near as bad as their normal phone service, you'll never be able to connect.
I just moved into a new apartment (about a week and a half ago), and my phone, with Cingular service, isn't much more functional than a paperweight now.
There are about three spots in my apartment I get any signal at all, and I have to be standing up to do so (one spot is right at my couch, so I can test this).
I thought it was because GSM sucks, but that was dispelled after I talked to two of my neighbours, both on the same floor as me--one has AT&T (now owned by Cingular, but they still probably use their old equipment), and the other has T-Mobile. Both are getting great signals, and both providers use GSM--it looks like the problem is entirely Cingular's fault.
Ach--why the hell did I have to get a new phone in December, thus renewing my two-year contract? I'm this close to hiring a lawyer to bully/harrass Cingular into releasing me from my contract...
By any chance, does anyone know anything about how to boost power to the internal antenna of a Sony Ericsson T226, or if doing so will matter signal-wise?
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Which Mobile Internet technology is the best ?
May be you can find it, by playing this simulation game here at Lucent.com. The simulator here shows the differences in bandwidth and roundtrip delays for various mobile technologies. The simulator compares CDMA2000 EV-DO, CDMA2000 1X, GPRS and EDGE. A UMTS, GPRS, GSM-Data and Modem version. There are two version of the simulator one with EV-DO & one with UMTS.
It still does not take away from the fact that AT&T Wireless has, by far the worst customer service I have the displeasure to experience. I hope cingular can fix that...
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