EDGE
This may be a stupid question, but here goes anyway. I'm deciding between an EDGE phone (it is backward compatible) and a GPRS phone. Does Cingular even support EDGE or would that ability just go unused?
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That depends greatly on your location. Cingular appear to support GPRS throughout the network, while they have EDGE available only in select areas/markets.
As far as I can tell, there is no EDGE in San Fransicso Bay Area market. However, we have UMTS with the average download speeds of 220-320 kbps with claimed bursts of up to 384 kbps that is available from AT&T wireless right now. (UMTS is also known as "wireless 3G" or "Third Generation")
My guess (just a speculation) is that Cingular will skip EDGE in California and will go directly to UMTS with the aquisition of AT&T.
For what it's worth, I decided to wait and see on that and got myself a GPRS phone for now.
I'm not a big data user, and GPRS with its 25-40 kbps is enough for...
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As far as I can tell, there is no EDGE in San Fransicso Bay Area market. However, we have UMTS with the average download speeds of 220-320 kbps with claimed bursts of up to 384 kbps that is available from AT&T wireless right now. (UMTS is also known as "wireless 3G" or "Third Generation")
My guess (just a speculation) is that Cingular will skip EDGE in California and will go directly to UMTS with the aquisition of AT&T.
For what it's worth, I decided to wait and see on that and got myself a GPRS phone for now.
I'm not a big data user, and GPRS with its 25-40 kbps is enough for...
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tallrussian said:
For what it's worth, I decided to wait and see on that and got mysel***PRS phone for now.
lol..you missed a space, and it thought you were using a derogatory term towards homosexuals.
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Thanks for the info. Any ideas about about the Northeast, specifically NY, NJ, MA and PA?
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no worries. im sure with the acquistion that EDGE support will be acquired as well as UMTS. ATTWS has nationwide EDGE and 6 UMTS markets, so it should be fine to buy EDGE today and wait for it to be supported.
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