Re: [NTLK] wireless newton internet services

From: Roman Pixell (roman_at_pixell.net)
Date: Tue Feb 18 2003 - 14:14:56 PST


On tisdag, feb 18, 2003, at 23:09 Europe/Stockholm, jgoggan_at_dcg.com
wrote:

>> i mean, if you really value being completely mobile and
>> download mail and RSS via the newt, id pay for a trotter card and
>> stick to that - it would pay over time. the hardware cost is
>> negligible over time, compared to the variable cost.
>
> Um, isn't that a GPRS card? In the US, GPRS is still fairly "new",
> IMO.
> Plus, I don't see how that would be cheaper. I don't know of any
> plans with
> GPRS service that are less than the $20 a month that I was talking
> about that
> I pay. Therefore, I don't see how GPRS would be cheaper than going
> with a
> cheap cellular plan, as I mentioned...

well, its a GSM/HSCSD/1900/GPRS card, so it supports all standards, in
fact.

see also www.option.com or www.novamedia.de

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