Cingular Data Connect For PC Cards???
anyways, i use a laptop, and i use regular cable modem access for internet with aol
i pay roughly 45 to 50 a month for the cable internet thru my cable company (adelphia)
and now i am thinking of getting cingular's unlimited data with pc card thing
right now for military people (which i am) theres a promotion going to get the Sony Ericsson GC83 pc card for free, and unlimited data connect for 60 a month which is good, right?
how much do other companies charge for unlimited data with pc cards monthly? i think verizon is like 80 and i am not sure about tmobile
mine is 60 a month for unlimited with the military discount
my question is, is the gprs/edge service reliable? i am ...
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how much slower is DSL to Cable? will i even be able to tell the difference? and is cingular's data network as good as its calling network? i think its calling network is fantastic but i dont wanna get the pc card and see otherwise as far as data goes! lol
and as far as being in the military...lol i'm just doing my part lol 😎
razzy said:
excellent! thank you much for your input!
how much slower is DSL to Cable? will i even be able to tell the difference? and is cingular's data network as good as its calling network? i think its calling network is fantastic but i dont wanna get the pc card and see otherwise as far as data goes! lol
cable is generally 2-3 times faster than DSL. Latency is usually where DSL excels.
EDGE speeds are LOW DSL speeds. roughly 130-200 kbps. Average DSL is around 500kbps. You WILL notice a difference going from cable to EDGE.
in comparison, i also have Adelphia. my download speeds are around 2.8 mbps (2800 kbps), so going from 2800 to 180 is about what you will percieve.
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In general, wireless is going to be slower than a decent DSL or cable package. What you are getting is portability. When you are getting a signal (not sure how it is where you live) it works very nicely. Speed is also subjective. If you were going from dial-up I'd say you will love it. If you had a good cable package you may find it slow. Try it first and see what you think. If you buy it from a Cingular direct or Cingular branded agent location they will have 30 re...
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