AT&T claims its now faster than SprintPCS for data

http://biz.yahoo.com/djus/031118/1759001648_1.html


meanwhile their switch to GSM is still grief laden:

http://www.forbes.com/2003/11/19/cz_mt_1119awe.html

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On 19 Nov 2003 14:38:57 GMT, [email protected] (DSL GURU) wrote:

>http://biz.yahoo.com/djus/031118/1759001648_1.html
>
I'll be eager to see some real benchmarks and see if they'll offer
"all you can eat data" from handsets for $15/month.

$80 /month for unlimited data.

http://www.attwireless.com/speed/

but its for use with an AT&T Wireless modem card, not for phones.

On 19 Nov 2003 14:38:57 GMT, [email protected] (DSL GURU) wrote:

>http://biz.yahoo.com/djus/031118/1759001648_1.html

It appears that their nationwise EDGE deployment won't be complete
until mid 2004:

"EDGE everywhere by mid-2004 - AT&T Wireless"

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/59/34090.html

If it triples the throughput of GPRS then, the 20-40 kbps (20-30 kbps
I've read elsewhere) then we can expect 60-90kbps, but read an excerpt
from the URL:

"EDGE supports bit rates of 110 to 130 kbits/second with higher
bursts, a significant improvement over the 20-40 kbits/second most
users experience today, although in saturated areas, the speed can
drop to as slow as 10 kbit/s. It's really a bundle of radio
enhancements including better encoding and retransmission."

I've gotten a burst of 104 kbps with SPCS, and get median speeds of
about 72 kbps (via my Sanyo 6400).

[email protected] wrote:
> On 19 Nov 2003 14:38:57 GMT, [email protected] (DSL GURU) wrote:
>
>> http://biz.yahoo.com/djus/031118/1759001648_1.html
>
> It appears that their nationwise EDGE deployment won't be complete
> until mid 2004:
>
> "EDGE everywhere by mid-2004 - AT&T Wireless"
>

Like GSM was ever "complete" and yet they call it that. If I wanted a GSM
service, I would use T-Mobile and NOT AT&T.

Tom Veldhouse

Like SprintPCS is nationwide, except SprintPCS doesn't consider Alaska part of
our nation.

DSL GURU wrote:

> http://biz.yahoo.com/djus/031118/1759001648_1.html
>
>
> meanwhile their switch to GSM is still grief laden:
>
> http://www.forbes.com/2003/11/19/cz_mt_1119awe.html


Shouldn't your subject line have read:

"AT&T claims its now faster than EVERYONE for data"?

[email protected] is not happy unless he finds a reason to
criticise me. I had the link to the article so feel free to read it.

DSL GURU wrote:

> [email protected] is not happy unless he finds a reason to
> criticise me. I had the link to the article so feel free to read it.


Thanks for blatently de-munging the email address again- your childish
little games won't work, though. Try posting the truth sometime.

[email protected] says

> Try posting the truth sometime.

I do and then you insult me instead of discussing it.