Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] VoiceStream data services

[Marcus Semanek <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Well the truth is most mobile web pages are designed
to be under 1K in both Palm Web Clippings and WAP, I
don't know which that phone uses.  And as far as your
email the client they include probably doesn't even
download attachments and if it does it probably allows
you to filter mails over a certain limit.  So 1MB is
actually quite a lot, it's a lot more than Palm VII
gave you for $40 way back when they came out for like
150k/month.

-marcus

--- Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> I recently purchased a HandSpring Treo 270 -- it
> should allow me to do
> PDA, wireless web/e-mail and cell phone all in one
> device.  It can run on
> GSM or GPRS.  The only provider I can get locally is
> VoiceStream.  I
> signed up for their calling plan when I bought the
> phone (500 mins/mo. for
> $40).  Now I need a "data plan," so I just called
> VoiceStream.  They tell
> me that I need a simcard (sp?) so that I can access
> their GPRS data
> network, and the card is free.  That's great, I
> thought, and then she told
> me that it's $6.00/mo for data services.  Super, I
> thought, but then she
> told me "that's for one megabyte."  Ouch!!  How much
> for additional
> megabytes, I asked.  Well, it depends.  Here's the
> bad news:
> 
>
http://www.voicestream.com/products/services/istream/rateplan.asp
> 
> I don't know what a good deal looks like, but that
> looks pretty pricey.
> Right now they don't have any competition.  I'm used
> to my university
> desktop where I download a 100 MB file in a few
> minutes and pay nothing.
> I guess my wireless work will be much more limited,
> but right now I'm not
> really sure which plan to buy because I don't have a
> feel for how much
> data I'll be moving.
> 
> Mike
> 
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