Uh Oh....
"T-Mobile USA Sees High-Speed Network 2 Years Off"
Falling short already............
Falling short already............
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am i the only one that realizes though we dont yet have edge, we do have hotspot which is wi-fi. last i checked we were the only ones that offered that.
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Ok, so let all customers wait to get to their nearest coffee shop or bookstore to have a chance to use WiFi. Or an airport, when one is not rushed as it is.....
Or the alternative is EDGE, where one can use high-speed anyhwhere in the entire data network.
Hmmm, lets balance this out to decide. Uh, EDGE it is.
Or the alternative is EDGE, where one can use high-speed anyhwhere in the entire data network.
Hmmm, lets balance this out to decide. Uh, EDGE it is.
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Actually, Cingular offers WIFI with their laptop connect service, so you are not the only WIFI people in the wireless game.
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As if the average Joe downloading ring tones is going to notice the difference between 3 seconds and 6 seconds... 🙄 Only really affects business people.
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Even without the WIFI we run, having the ability to use EDGE anywhere in the network other than "Hot Spots" is a huge convenience factor that is worth the slower-than-WiFi=speeds. I can be in the middle of a park here in Orlando with my laptop, pegged out with consistent 200-230 Kbps. Nice.
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You do realize the difference between WiFi, EDGE, and UMTS, don't you? T-Mobile isn't waiting two years for EDGE, it will be here within a few months, according to the recent estimates. That is what you are getting in your park in Orlando, and T-Mobile will have it shortly. Their "HotSpots" are actually wireless T1 speed connections in certain locations, which blows ANY current data speed away.
Maybe Cingular will spend the next two years slowly rolling out UMTS a few markets at a time, but who knows what this news from T-Mobile means? Maybe they will just acquire all the spectrum they need over the next couple of years and just flip the switch on UMTS all at once for their whole network.
Neither of us knows obviously, but the ...
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Maybe Cingular will spend the next two years slowly rolling out UMTS a few markets at a time, but who knows what this news from T-Mobile means? Maybe they will just acquire all the spectrum they need over the next couple of years and just flip the switch on UMTS all at once for their whole network.
Neither of us knows obviously, but the ...
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Who is to say that it won't happen before 2 years?
Gosh you people read into things WAY too much and you reach for anything you can twist into some anti-T Mobile rhetoric.
Like I said, we will let our actions speak for themselves.
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Gosh you people read into things WAY too much and you reach for anything you can twist into some anti-T Mobile rhetoric.
Like I said, we will let our actions speak for themselves.
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CEO of TMobile says it wont happen for AT LEAST 2 YEARS in Black & White. That is not "reading into things WAY too much" at all.
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I guess someone didn't pay attention to Sesame Street...
2005 isn't two years away, it MAY take up to 2 years for nationwide launch but select markets start next year and I am VERY confident that 2 years probably won't be the case. Just because its in black and white doesn't determine the success of it and how fast it will launch. Nothing in this industry is definite. Even you should know that.
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2005 isn't two years away, it MAY take up to 2 years for nationwide launch but select markets start next year and I am VERY confident that 2 years probably won't be the case. Just because its in black and white doesn't determine the success of it and how fast it will launch. Nothing in this industry is definite. Even you should know that.
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Hey, I'll settle on the Black & White:
"CEO Robert Dotson said T-Mobile USA, the fourth- biggest U.S. mobile provider, would delay building a high-speed network based on a technology known as UMTS until it has enough wireless airwaves to support such a service...."I don't see that happening in the next two years," said Dotson at a CSFB investor conference.....Waiting two years would likely put T-Mobile USA well behind its bigger rivals in delivering services such as mobile Internet to mobile phones at speeds similar to connections many consumers have on their home computers....."
"CEO Robert Dotson said T-Mobile USA, the fourth- biggest U.S. mobile provider, would delay building a high-speed network based on a technology known as UMTS until it has enough wireless airwaves to support such a service...."I don't see that happening in the next two years," said Dotson at a CSFB investor conference.....Waiting two years would likely put T-Mobile USA well behind its bigger rivals in delivering services such as mobile Internet to mobile phones at speeds similar to connections many consumers have on their home computers....."
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As an engineer myself, I have a lot of experience in these situations. If the business guys are saying "at least two years..." it's probably because the implementations (Engineers or whomever) have told them it would take three years to get the job done. Robert Dotson (T-Mobile's CEO) is going to paint the prettiest picture of T-Mobile's business situation he can without lying. I would not be surprised if it takes longer than two years.
Also, being last is not necessarily a bad thing. Let the others carriers make all the mistakes first. T-Mo will be installing newer, better equipment with enhancement achieved at the other guys expense.
Also, being last is not necessarily a bad thing. Let the others carriers make all the mistakes first. T-Mo will be installing newer, better equipment with enhancement achieved at the other guys expense.
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