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Re: Just thinking... GPRS, 3G



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Will it be deployed everywhere though or just in the big towns?  Will it be the same cost as adsl u think?
----- Original Message -----
From: Nick Gunn
Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 2:25 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Just thinking... GPRS, 3G

Take a look at www.ipwireless.com.   I can’t really say much without being biased as I’ve been working for them for the last couple of years!

 

You should see 3G technology coming to market much sooner than 5 years (I hope so anyway!).   I have one of our modems next to me now running faster than my home ADSL connection J

 

Nick

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Gerard McGovern [mailto:stuff@xxxxxxx]
Sent:
08 March 2002 13:42
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxxSubject: RE: [ukha_d] Just thinking... GPRS, 3G

 

Firstly, there are no health risks associated with mobile transmission towers.

 

You could add GPRS capability to your HA server right now. Orange, mmO2 and Vodafone all offer an always-on connection via a mobile handset where you only pay for the data you transfer. However, it is SO expensive. Even on the cheapest Orange GPRS plan, 100 MB of data will cost you £100 per month. Even then, data rates are only around 40 kbps.

 

It will be at least 5 years before you can have an ADSL type connection, via a wireless device for a reasonable price.

 

G

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark McCall [mailto:mark@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 08 March 2002 1:37 pm
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxxSubject: [ukha_d] Just thinking.... GPRS, 3G

In the last year or so we've had a couple of "Cell" aerials built within a mile of our house.  Close enough to give great coverage from our home, and far enough away not to be a health worry or eyesore.  Anyway...as I drove past them this morning I started thinking about my lack of ADSL (and poor propects for it any time this century!).

 

What I need is an "always on" connection so I can control the house through the web interface, it doesn't need to be highspeed as I have ADSL to my desk in work and can download whatever I need from there.

 

How likely is it that in the (near) future I could add some sort of GPRS or 3G mobile module to my HA server to allow this?  Obviuosly I'd need some sort of tarrif that took advantage of the always on aspects of these services without a crippling subsription?

 

Mark (clutching at wireless straws) McC.

 

 



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