IP: RE: GPRS, etc...

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> From: "Alan A. Reiter" <reiter () wirelessinternet com>
> To: <farber () cis upenn edu>
> Subject: RE: GPRS, etc...
> Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 19:25:59 -0500
>
>
> Sierra Wireless will be making PC Cards for GSM/GPRS and for CDMA 1xRTT.
> Sierra Wireless is a good company (I am in no way affiliated with them) and
> they build good quality wireless data products.  Other companies also will
> make PC Cards.
>
> The network operators have been misleading the public about wireless data
> speeds and capabilities, and many continue to issue press releases about
> speeds being "up to" more than 100K bps, which is not happening in any
> commercial system.  GPRS is typically 10K/20K upstream from the phone and
> 30K/40K bps downstream from the network to the phone, assuming you are using
> a good network in Europe.
>
> CDMA 1xRTT looks much better, and it's possible that consumers will
> experience 40K - 60K bps.
>
> The network operators also have been emphasizing handsets rather than PC
> Cards because handsets are mass market devices and that's what the operators
> are going after.  However, for people to be satisfied with anything close to
> a "wireless Internet" experience, the cellular carriers are going to have to
> promote the use of PC Cards with notebook computers and PDAs rather than the
> over-emphasis on handsets.
>
> Alan Reiter
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ip-sub-1 () admin listbox com
> [mailto:owner-ip-sub-1 () admin listbox com]On Behalf Of David Farber
> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 11:44 AM
> To: ip-sub-1 () majordomo pobox com
> Subject: IP: GPRS, etc...
>
>
>
> >Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 08:37:27 -0500 (EST)
> >From: "Mike O'Dell" <mo () ccr org>
> >To: dave () farber net
> >Subject: GPRS, etc...
> >
> >
> >so does anyone make a PCM card modem for this service?
> >
> >the prospect of reading my email on my phone seems
> >pretty silly to me, and needing my cell phone and
> >a cord and an adapter to plug into the modem port
> >is even more so.  at least with the Metricom Ricochet
> >you could velcro it to the computer and then it didn't
> >dangle around.
> >
> >maybe the new Handspring Treo will be better, but all the
> >"Internet Phone" things I've seen appear to have been designed
> >by people who have never used the technology for anything
> >other than checking their company's stock price.  these
> >days, you don't even need a network connection to do that;
> >just display "DOWN" (or "DELISTED") and be done with it (grin)
> >
> >it's really deja vu all over again.  when i first saw the AMPS
> >"car phone", my immediate response was "and who wants to talk
> >to my car?"  likewise, limiting the evolution of mobile data
> >services to what fits in a phone handset is spectacularly
> >short-sighted.
> >
> >mobile computing users are legion - look at how many modems
> >are sold or are designed into laptops.  if people could buy
> >a "modem card" to use this new data service, they would have
> >much higher take much quicker because they wouldn't be putting
> >their legendary omniscience for "picking the next killer app"
> >in the critical path for revenue growth.
> >
> >once again, if history is a predictor, the phone guys will
> >end up limiting the ways they can take money, rather than
> >maximizing it. Then they will complain that nobody wanted what
> >they imagined and blame the customer, rather than reconsidering
> >their entire approach to preventing business.
> >
> >harumph.
> >
> >         cheers,
> >         -mo
> >
> >
> >(yes)
>
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