On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 04:47:52PM +0100, Alastair Johnson wrote: > Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 11:12:12AM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > >> When I looked at the prices for GPRS service from my provider (around > >> 3ยข/kB), I was flabbergasted, and now I wonder: what do people do > >> with GPRS? Do they have better deals from their carrier, or do they use > >> their bandwidth *very* sparingly? If so, what tools do they use? > > > > When I looked at prices for GPRS and onwards, I decided I would never > > ever use such services, and advise everyone against using them. > > > > The only reason they cost so much, is so you don't use VOIP for cheaper > > calls. > > VoIP over GPRS? Good luck with those latencies ;-)
*and*onwards*... > Still people seem quite happy to pay for text messages. Work out the > cost per kB on those ;-) However on net connections one uses many more KB... Rui -- Keep the Lasagna flying! Today is Setting Orange, the 3rd day of The Aftermath in the YOLD 3174 + No matter how much you do, you never do enough -- unknown + Whatever you do will be insignificant, | but it is very important that you do it -- Gandhi + So let's do it...? _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community