Wireless Data
HSDPA switch-on date for Chicago
This will probably turn out to be more of a tease, but...
I just called Cingular to ask when the HSDPA broadband data service would be available in Chicago. After being switched from the sales rep (who knew nothing about it) to a customer service rep (who had to spend 10 mins researching), I was told that HSDPA will be available in Chicago beginning THIS FRIDAY, Nov. 18!!
I then asked if the local stores would actually be able to sign people up for that service by then, and was told "Yes".
My guess is that, if you walked into a store this Friday, even if you were able to find a salesperson who knew how to register you for that service, you would probably not be able to buy an HSDPA enabled data card there.
If you already ...
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I just called Cingular to ask when the HSDPA broadband data service would be available in Chicago. After being switched from the sales rep (who knew nothing about it) to a customer service rep (who had to spend 10 mins researching), I was told that HSDPA will be available in Chicago beginning THIS FRIDAY, Nov. 18!!
I then asked if the local stores would actually be able to sign people up for that service by then, and was told "Yes".
My guess is that, if you walked into a store this Friday, even if you were able to find a salesperson who knew how to register you for that service, you would probably not be able to buy an HSDPA enabled data card there.
If you already ...
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Lets give that rep a hand for mis-informing thier 1,000,000th customer!!! đ We should be launching WCDMA or UMTS by the end of the year. HSDPA last I heard would be sometime in 2007! đ¤Ŗ
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cingcing said:
HSDPA last I heard would be sometime in 2007!
2007?? đ˛
Are you talking about Cingular, or T-Mobile?
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ok thanks... đ
I couldn't have been more clear with the rep I spoke to.
"I'm asking about HS (as in 'high school'...D...P...A...)." âšī¸
oh well...UMTS is pretty cool, if the price is right. Let me guess: $59.99 w/voice plan, like Verizon??
I couldn't have been more clear with the rep I spoke to.
"I'm asking about HS (as in 'high school'...D...P...A...)." âšī¸
oh well...UMTS is pretty cool, if the price is right. Let me guess: $59.99 w/voice plan, like Verizon??
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saxon said:
ok thanks... đ
I couldn't have been more clear with the rep I spoke to.
"I'm asking about HS (as in 'high school'...D...P...A...)." âšī¸
oh well...UMTS is pretty cool, if the price is right. Let me guess: $59.99 w/voice plan, like Verizon??
Whatever these guys are telling you, Cingular will launch HSDPA at the exact same time they have UMTS. That has been a pretty consistent message across the board from Cingular Corporate.
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Ya but their HSDPA is still not much faster than regular UMTS that they run in Euroupe.
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