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In <[email protected]> on Fri, 17 Dec 2004 03:47:23
GMT, Al Klein <[email protected]> wrote:

>On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 17:22:04 GMT, Ron <[email protected]> said
>in alt.cellular.motorola:
>
>>True, Cingular charges by the kbyte for the wireless "modem" feature,
>>but it's faster and cheaper than dialup ($20 a month for media-works
>>which has unlimited internet!!) and it always seems to connect at 115.2
>>(your mileage may vary) so maybe you could reconsider it.
>
>115.2 between the phone and the laptop. Not nearly that fast between
>the phone and the internet.

The V551 is capable of EGPRS(EDGE) connections of up to 130 Kbps (based on my
own tests), for which a 115.2 Kbps host connection would be a bottleneck.

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Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>


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