I'm assuming the package you'd like to use is either a GPRS package, or EDGE. If it's EDGE, you're going to have a GREAT time browsing around at high speed! If it's simple GPRS, however, then I'm afraid those DSL speeds you're dreaming of are not going to materialize. I used to have GPRS on my cellphone here in Beirut, Lebanon. I could browse WEBsites (not just WAP) on my phone, even download files (Applications, Videos, etc..) at around 5KB/sec (equiv. to a 56k modem) The problem is, the package is quite pricey ($30 for 40MB of bandwidth, and a dollar for every MB after that) All in all, not really worth it. I've connected it to my laptop and there really is barely any difference in speed between it and my 56k modem, and considering I pay by the megabyte, suffice to say I've canceled the service a long time ago.
If you're getting EDGE, however, then let's just say you're going to be really pleased!
When the building blocks of an entire O.S are made up of notoriously buggy software like IE6, it's high time Microsoft actually figured "hey, MAYBE we should fix up this old piece of junk"
Add growing opposition from Mozilla
Add countless worms taking advantage of IE6's holes and presto, you get a serious wake up call for MS.
Hmmm, took them a few years to realize it...
One should also take note that the reason these big companies are so opposed to this anti-spyware bill is that the information gathered by companies such as Gator, Comet Cursor, Doubleclick, Wildtangent, etc... serves as a veritable goldmine for marketers inside MS, Amazon, and a whole bunch of other big companies. If they know what we're browsing, how we're browsing, then they know what we like, what we used to like, and what we don't like. Knowledge like this is what marketers DIE for. They have an undying urge to understand the consumer, and the spyware companies can (and most likely do) provide this information for a price. This is obviously a fight to took keep this information flowing smoothly.
Microsoft will always, always have a monopoly on the PC Operating System market. The simple reason for this is that VERY, VERY few people or companies would ever take the risk of installing an O.S that doesn't run the vast majority of software products already available and demanded on the market. After all, when it comes down to it, isn't a free economy all about choice?
This gives consumers two initial choices
A: Install and use Linux (forget for a second that for many people this is going to have quite a steep learning curve compared to Windows). What does the consumer get? More money in his/her pocket, but FAR less choice in software applications.
B: Cough up a wad of cash and use Windows XP. Rest assured you can go online, or go to your local "software supermarket" and have millions of choices concerning software, compared to a much smaller number for Linux et al.
Given the fact that a huge number of people choose "B", software developers aren't really encouraged to support Linux, but instead keep churning out new programs for Windows machines, thus repeating the cycle.
I don't think any of us will ever live to see Microsoft as anything other than a monopoly. Sad, but true.
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I'm assuming the package you'd like to use is either a GPRS package, or EDGE. If it's EDGE, you're going to have a GREAT time browsing around at high speed!
If it's simple GPRS, however, then I'm afraid those DSL speeds you're dreaming of are not going to materialize.
I used to have GPRS on my cellphone here in Beirut, Lebanon. I could browse WEBsites (not just WAP) on my phone, even download files (Applications, Videos, etc..) at around 5KB/sec (equiv. to a 56k modem)
The problem is, the package is quite pricey ($30 for 40MB of bandwidth, and a dollar for every MB after that)
All in all, not really worth it. I've connected it to my laptop and there really is barely any difference in speed between it and my 56k modem, and considering I pay by the megabyte, suffice to say I've canceled the service a long time ago.
If you're getting EDGE, however, then let's just say you're going to be really pleased!
When the building blocks of an entire O.S are made up of notoriously buggy software like IE6, it's high time Microsoft actually figured "hey, MAYBE we should fix up this old piece of junk" Add growing opposition from Mozilla Add countless worms taking advantage of IE6's holes and presto, you get a serious wake up call for MS. Hmmm, took them a few years to realize it...
No one remembers Mario Kart for the Nintendo 64? To this day, nothing beats it for 4-players-on-1-screen-fun!
One should also take note that the reason these big companies are so opposed to this anti-spyware bill is that the information gathered by companies such as Gator, Comet Cursor, Doubleclick, Wildtangent, etc... serves as a veritable goldmine for marketers inside MS, Amazon, and a whole bunch of other big companies. If they know what we're browsing, how we're browsing, then they know what we like, what we used to like, and what we don't like. Knowledge like this is what marketers DIE for. They have an undying urge to understand the consumer, and the spyware companies can (and most likely do) provide this information for a price. This is obviously a fight to took keep this information flowing smoothly.
Microsoft will always, always have a monopoly on the PC Operating System market. The simple reason for this is that VERY, VERY few people or companies would ever take the risk of installing an O.S that doesn't run the vast majority of software products already available and demanded on the market. After all, when it comes down to it, isn't a free economy all about choice? This gives consumers two initial choices A: Install and use Linux (forget for a second that for many people this is going to have quite a steep learning curve compared to Windows). What does the consumer get? More money in his/her pocket, but FAR less choice in software applications. B: Cough up a wad of cash and use Windows XP. Rest assured you can go online, or go to your local "software supermarket" and have millions of choices concerning software, compared to a much smaller number for Linux et al. Given the fact that a huge number of people choose "B", software developers aren't really encouraged to support Linux, but instead keep churning out new programs for Windows machines, thus repeating the cycle. I don't think any of us will ever live to see Microsoft as anything other than a monopoly. Sad, but true.