I think he might have been confusing EDGE with HSDPA, which can compete with broadband speeds (and is marketed by some as mobile broadband)
For me the lack of 3G is a sticking point. Having just taken out a contract with 3 (best price plan and good coverage for where I am about to move), and absolutely loving the advantages that 3G brings, I am wondering whether I can bear to go back to an inferior technology. I am all for openness, my computers all run linux, my nintendo DS runs linux, I will probably install it on a partition of my brain when the technology arises, but there is a line at which I say "I am paying for something here JUST because it is open, I already have something with more of the features that are important to me". At the moment I am still strongly tempted to get a GTA02 although it would be more like a PDA to me than a phone since I wouldn't use my SIM in it, but if there was a model with 3G I would definitely be getting, and phoning with, it. Mo. On Tue, 2008-06-10 at 22:31 +0200, thomasg wrote: > On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 3:12 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > In fact 2G/Edge is really fast (more like standard ADSL speeds > over here in > Europe). > > You're kidding, right? > EDGE maxes out at about 470 kbps - if you get a full channel (8 > timeslots) for yourself. > In most GSM networks one of the timeslots is reserved for signalling > (BCCH) so 7 staying (~420 kbps). > Even this is only true if you get coding scheme 9. But then you'd have > to have a device that supports EDGE at this rates. > Most devices only support up to ~250 kbps (mostly less). Under real > life conditions you'll get about 120 to 200 kbps as best rates. > In germany DSL starts at 384 kbps if the landline is very long. The > slowest available option normally is 1000 kbps. The average should be > between 3000 and 6000 kbps. 16000 kbps are available in most areas. > Max is at 25000 or 50000 in some cities. > There are other countries like sweden where much higher rates are > common. > > > Also latency is the real pain for Cellurar communication. > > CU > > W > > > > That sounds crazy! > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Openmoko community mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
