On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:47:52 +0100, Alastair Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 ;-)
:) I've pushed VOIP over EDGE before to test, it was tolerable. Not tried over GPRS though. I have streamed internet radio over GPRS, <=32k streams. > Still people seem quite happy to pay for text messages. Work out the > cost per kB on those ;-) Ludicrous, in a word. What irritates me the most is that I have unlimited data, but T-Mobile still charges me $0.15 per text message since I don't pay the $5 or whatever per month for a messaging bundle. Most irrititatingly, though, if the message has an image or sound file attached, the multimedia message comes out of data instead of text messaging, so it's free. (and I can't currently attach images/sounds to messages with my FR) With my old camera phone I actually would write short messages on paper and send a photo, so it'd be free. (I'm just perverse that way) j _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
