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Who has the fastest gprs? att, T-Mobile, or Cingular? |
ipXpert
Joined: Sep 13, 2002
Posts: 25
From: USA, Orange, California
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I have been using Cingulars GPRS since they rolled it out but I dont feel that the speed is that great. I have a t68i and an ipaq 3870. Can any of you tell me who has the best GPRS speeds? I know that it is supposed to be capable of 128kb but I know that I never achieve that speed with Cingular. Advice is greatly appreciated! Thanks, |
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amagab
Joined: Oct 29, 2002
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I have T-Mobile and think their GPRS is great here in Hawaii. But I actually roamed on Cingular when I was in Las Vegas and their GPRS worked even better. I guess it depends on where you live and how good the GPRS coverage is. |
skytrack
Joined: Jan 27, 2002
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From: San Francisco Bay Area
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GPRS is only capable of downloading at about 40k/sec since most phones are only capable of 3+1 timeslots, such as the t68. For speeds near 128k, you will need an EDGE handset when available, such as the nokia 6200.
This post was posted from a T68 |
amagab
Joined: Oct 29, 2002
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Yes, but as the topic reveals we are talking about GPRS and which carrier provides the fastest service. |
jnonhoffzieg
Joined: Sep 02, 2002
Posts: 268
From: Newport Beach, California
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The T68i is actually capable of 4+1. However I have heard that the FCC limits all US GSM carriers to 2+1 which makes any speed comparison irrelevant. I haven't been able to confirm the information which I asked about here:
http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=12756&forum=31
Anybody know anything about this? If it's true it isn't cool at all. What modem speeds are you guys getting over GPRS?
T68m -> R2F0004 on Cingular - I want my MMS! |
amagab
Joined: Oct 29, 2002
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Jeff, I can't confirm but I have heard similar information. |
ipXpert
Joined: Sep 13, 2002
Posts: 25
From: USA, Orange, California
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GPRS was hyped up pretty good. I was even listening to CNET the other day and one of the cell phone carriers or manufacturers (i wish i could remember who.) was bragging about 128kb downloads. If that was the truth I would be sooo happy. I just sold my ipaq since the gprs did not live up to my expectations. The grps is too slow for it. I am going to buy the new ipaq with integrated WiFi and just use it at starbucks with the T-mobile hotspot. I am posting this from the Hotspot now on my laptop. Maybe later they will get the speed up for gprs. Its still pretty good for text email.  |
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Posted: 2002-11-19 00:49
