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Re: OT Mobile Phones


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  • Subject: Re: OT Mobile Phones
  • From: patrickl@xxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 09:39:38 -0000
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--- In ukha_d@y..., "Mark McCall" <mark@a...> wrote:
> Make sure to get one with built in modem for iPAQ - some have IR
but no modem.  GPRS is available from Orange now I _think_ which will
give you faster access.

GPRS (always on) is only available from Vodafone in the UK at this
time, and it's quite costly. It's billed as a supplement to a normal
air time subscription. Strangely it only seems possible to buy GPRS
phones - there are no datacards available yet.

Orange are the only operators to support HSCD - which bonds multiple
channels to give high speed data (up to 28.8k). There are a limited
number of phones which support HSCD today - it probably makes sense
to look for an HSCD capable model, no doubt the other operators will
catch up in due course.

I have a Nokia datacard v2 on Orange and it works _really_ well. They
offer a data only subscription (cheap - can't remember how much
though) which saves SIM swapping. I got mine from www.wirefree.com.

Patrick



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