Do you know of a all you can eat plan for 1xRTT? I currently have about 30
units running on CDPD in the Los Angles area, but from what I recall ATT
didn't offer a all you can eat plan like they did for CDPD.


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Jeff King, [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 08/25/2003


On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 15:32:02 -0700, Casey Halverson wrote:
>CDPD will be turned off June 2004. I am currently a CDPD subscriber
>with AT&T wireless, and I have received this notification.
>
>1xRTT isn't a bad path to go.  It bursts up to 144kbps up/down
>(symmetrical), and provides an average throughput of perhaps 60-
>80kbps.  I see about 100kbps in the Seattle area on sprint, enough
>to stream a 64kbps mp3 on the freeway with room to spare.
>
>1xRTT will provide 144/307kbps by the end of the year on some
>carriers and already supported by most current handsets and pcmcia
>cards -- 1xRTT's supplemental carrier system can support up to a
>megabit on current hardware.
>
>1xEV-DO (Korea) supports peak rates of 2.4mbps, while 1xEV-DV (which
>the US will see in a couple years) supports peak rates of 3.09mbps.
>Good news is that everything is backwards compatible with the
>original 2G hardware.
>
>Things aren't so great on the GSM side of the pond. not that the
>standards are bad, but backwards compatibility issues between UMTS,
>EDGE, and GPRS are going to propose some serious issues (your going
>to have to buy new hardware).
>
>
>>-----Original Message----- From: Jay R. Ashworth
>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 12:05 PM To:
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [BAWUG] Earthlink/Omnisky
>>dropping CDPD
>>
>>
>>I've been an Earthlink CDPD customer since they bought out OmniSky,
>>having switched the service for my Visor/Minstrel S from Go
>>America.  I just got an email from them that they're dropping CDPD
>>service (resale -- they never owned the networks anyway, of course)
>>in favor of 1xRTT -- which they don't operate either (though you
>>could never tell that from the language of their email, unless you
>>already knew).
>>
>>So, if any of you LAN guys are also WAN guys, it's time to start
>>re-evaluating CDPD... it looks like it might be the beginning of
>>the gets-harder-to-buy curve there.
>>
>>Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth
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