SysOpt
11-01-1999, 01:25 PM
You want one for a laptop, right? Want one with a built in cell phone, or just cell ready where you plug your phone into it?
Scott
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Andre
11-01-1999, 03:02 PM
How fast can you guys in the US download on your cell phones?
Here in Denmark we are limited to 9600 bytes/sec /forum/frown.gif
Here in Denmark we are limited to 9600 bytes/sec /forum/frown.gif
SysOpt
11-01-1999, 06:42 PM
Yeah the fastest I've connected with my 3COM x-jack PCMCIA card and Nokia 6160 is 9600bps. I used to connect at 2400-4800 so it depends heavily on the quality of the signal, ISP, etc.
Scott
Scott
emcron
11-01-1999, 10:54 PM
If connection speeds are that bad I'm not going to even bother.
emcron
11-02-1999, 12:08 AM
Does any one know of a place where I could get this for my pc and the cheapes possible.
kevind224
11-04-1999, 01:11 PM
The speed depends on the technology used.
For Andre in Denmark, 9600 bps is the fastest you can do because you use GSM as the technology.
For Sysopt, the Nokia 6160 is a TDMA phone, but you are using a PCMCIA modem so you are using AMPS mode for data. You may be using ATT's Pocketnet...I don't know if that is CDPD in AMPS. The best possible for CPDP is 19.2kbps.
The best you can possibly do today is 56kbps with CDMA. I think Sprint is the only one offering this currently. All others use AMPS (analog) mode. The 56kpbs probably costs a bit. The other option is 13k on a CDMA phone.
In another year there will be faster solutions. More providers will offer true digital data. This is true for TDMA (like ATT) and CDMA(Bell Atlantic).
In another 2 years or so, you will start seeing 3rd Generation Systems. The minimum speed for this is 384kbps. It goes up to over 1.5mbps if you are close to the base station.
In Europe you will have to wait for 3rd generation systems (a few years). GSM is limited to 9600bps.
Kevin
For Andre in Denmark, 9600 bps is the fastest you can do because you use GSM as the technology.
For Sysopt, the Nokia 6160 is a TDMA phone, but you are using a PCMCIA modem so you are using AMPS mode for data. You may be using ATT's Pocketnet...I don't know if that is CDPD in AMPS. The best possible for CPDP is 19.2kbps.
The best you can possibly do today is 56kbps with CDMA. I think Sprint is the only one offering this currently. All others use AMPS (analog) mode. The 56kpbs probably costs a bit. The other option is 13k on a CDMA phone.
In another year there will be faster solutions. More providers will offer true digital data. This is true for TDMA (like ATT) and CDMA(Bell Atlantic).
In another 2 years or so, you will start seeing 3rd Generation Systems. The minimum speed for this is 384kbps. It goes up to over 1.5mbps if you are close to the base station.
In Europe you will have to wait for 3rd generation systems (a few years). GSM is limited to 9600bps.
Kevin
Axel
11-04-1999, 05:52 PM
Anything but small e-mails for cell downloads is too frustrating. Speed does you no good if the connection keeps bouncing again & again. Also - as data-transfer goes - I doubt there is an easier way to allow hackers to get your data.
Unless you're in the field transmitting research text back to a lab or something, I'd say look for a land line to plug into.
Unless you're in the field transmitting research text back to a lab or something, I'd say look for a land line to plug into.
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