Re: [Thinkpad] Sprint connection cards with Thinkpads? (Slightly OT)

STeve and Bruce,
Thanks for the very helpful responses. You have definitely given me some
things to consider. I currently use Cingular for cellular service because it
has the best coverage in my area. I travel a lot to western North Carolina,
and the coverage area for T-Mobile looks limited at best. If T-Mobile
expands their coverage area I would jump at a deal like the one Bruce has.

James

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Markowitz" <scosgt@worldnet.att.net>
To: <andres@msu.edu>; <thinkpad@stderr.org>; "Computer-Guru"
<pctech@fdn.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 11:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Sprint connection cards with Thinkpads? (Slightly
OT)
> You may be in a bad service area for GPRS. Here it works darn well. The
> connection speed is really about 40K, but people I know dial into Verizon
> and only get 14.4k, AND pay for air time, so in comparison this is a
winner.
> T-Mo has announced that in the 4th quarter they will roll out EDGE, which
is
> 300K
> I believe that AT&T already has EDGE, but it is something like $80 per
> month, WAY too expensive!
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "STeve Andre'" <andres@msu.edu>
> To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>; "Computer-Guru" <pctech@fdn.com>
> Cc: "Bruce Markowitz" <scosgt@worldnet.att.net>
> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 7:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Sprint connection cards with Thinkpads? (Slightly
> OT)
>
>
> > On Friday 11 June 2004 03:08, Computer-Guru wrote:
> > > Bruce,
> > > I'm interested in the T-Mobile plan you have. I just went to their web
> site
> > > and it looks like they charge $29.99 for unlimited internet. Has the
> price
> > > changed, or does it have to do with location? I'm in Florida.
> > >
> > > Also, are you required to buy a Wireless Aircard when you sign up for
> the
> > > service? The web page makes you include the Sierra Wireless AirCard
750,
> > > for $349.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > James
> >
> > I have T-Mobile's internet service in Michigan.  Overall, it works, but
> its
> > pretty slow at times.  An FTP session can shovel data at about 3-5K per
> > second, but an interactive ssh session can be the pits.
> >
> > I suspect this is related to the fact that they are oversubscribed here,
> > but there are times when I will establish a connection and nothing will
> > happen.  Probably 4 times now I've gotten UDP only sessions, great
> > for those times when all you want to do is ping sites, but gets boring
> > quicking as soon as you want to do something with it.
> >
> > Overall, I'd say its worth it, but just barely.  The phone modem I am
> > using in the hotel I'm at presently is ever so much faster.   But when
> > sitting in some public place without wifi, you can take our your phone
> > and get on the net, which is very nice.  Other services charge a lot
> > more for this service, so $20 a month isn't too bad.   I already had
> > a Motorola V66 phone which has a modem, so I didn't have to buy
> > anything other than serial/usb cables to connect to my laptop.
> >
> > --STeve Andre'
>
>
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