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World's First 21Mbps EHSPA/HSPA+ Data "Call"
gadgetopia writes "Although data 'calls' on 21Mbps networks and equipment have been made in the labs and in demonstrations, Australia is the first place in the world where such a call has been made on a commercial, deployed 21Mbps eHSPA network, with a full commercial launch due early 2009."
What? I'm on my C64 with a 300bps modem downloading a 16 color porn GIF from a BBS at the same time as I posted that and I still beat you?
:-)
/just kidding Apple fans don't punish me too bad!! :-)
Yeah, might be time to get the "new" iPhone. It's "3"g
> Although data 'calls' on 21Mbps networks and equipment have been made
> in the labs and in demonstrations, Australia is the first place in the
> world where such a call has been made
Contents of the call:
"Hello. [Censored by Australian Internet Censorship Agency] home and then [Censored by Australian Internet Censorship Agency] and he said [Censored by Australian Internet Censorship Agency]. Thanks"
sPh
Perhaps the title could more accurately read "World's First 21Mbps EHSPA/HSPA+ Data "Network"", as 21 Mbps HSPA+ calls (which, though the summary downplays them, are really big breakthroughs) are "old news".
Yeah, it's good to see this technology taking root out there, but don't forget about the engineers who made the tech happen in the first place! (In fact, given that Telestra's HSPA+ is not yet an active commercial network, I'm wondering what makes this trial so different from the dozens of "laboratory calls" made so far?)
>> Standing on head makes smile of frown, but rest of face also upside down.
I ask because I have heard of faster speeds than the 21Mbps somewhere in Japan or Korea. What is in this for me anyway? I am just an ordinary slashdotter.
yeah, but the cable might reduce the mobility of your phone, not to mention the problems caused when you get on a train
Telstra are renowned for rolling out awesome networks and coupling them with the worst plans known to man. tiny quotas, and huge excess charges. in this case excess is charged at $250 per gigabyte, which at that speed you can consume in just over 6 minutes.
TIAEAE!
The australians have been angry ever since that Giant Boot joke, anything simpsons related is a testy subject with them.
Forget the porn filters, they are just another politicians wet dream...
And forget the glitzy hey look at us and our new tech marketing.
The real issue here is Tel$tra's obscene data pricing on their mobile networks - even on their fixed line ADSL.
While the majority of ISPs in Oz shape you once you exceed your download cap, Tel$tra are still charging 15c / MB for excess on ADSL.
You think that's bad. How about 15c / KB for excess on mobile data plans. There are plans that avoid that rate, but not the stock plans that they push. So they sell you the (not so cheap anyway) base plan with a measly download limit, and the next thing those who are not aware of what they are doing (most) get a huge bill. Then they switch you to the higher per month plan to avoid the excess, making out that they are good corporate citizens. Truth is they set it up that way to deliberately catch the ignorant.
There are plenty of people here paying $130 / month for 3G mobile just to get a decent bandwidth / download connection coz they can't get ADSL. Telecoms / Internet pricing in this country sucks. All because of one dominant more or less monopoly Telco.