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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. Re:I hope it's better than their phone service by Morham · · Score: 0, Troll

    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 hate to post negative things but this attitude just gets me!

    Why do people think it is the wireless providers fault when the phone doesn't work indoors?

    Wireless providers DO NOT guarantee service inside buildings. How do you know your building doesn't have a bunch of metal surrounding you and in effect make a virtual faraday cage?

    Granted some providers/technologies will penetrate and provide adequate signal strength indoors. If you are buying a wireless service to replace your land line then you should find the provider that gives you the best service indoors or invest in a repeater.

    Again, I just don't get it. People, even /.'ers, think their wireless phone should work perfect every time.

    IT'S RF PEOPLE!

    And yet people bitch and blame the wireless industry still.

    I got a wireless service knowing full well that it will not work all the time. I KNEW what I was buying.

    Mod me a troll... I probably deserve it after this rant.

    *sigh*