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Article #393Re: Prediction on the future of cellphones
From: Snoopy
Date: Wed, 08 May 2002 09:23
Date: Wed, 08 May 2002 09:23
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On Wed, 8 May 2002 13:06:48 +1200, "Richard" <rich@ihug.co.nz> wrote:
>>>Its $10/MB - 50 times more expensive then jetstream, and about 50 times
>>>slower too :(
>>>
>> Who charges that much?
>
>vodafone do, its $0.10 per 10 kilobytes on the casual plan - there are
>cheaper options for higher use, but I only use it for the odd email.
>
>I did find you can get to ebay thru wap, but its soooooo slow its not worth
>the bother.
>
Sorry if I appear a bit 'behind the times' on this topic. But are you
saying that Vodaphone has a GPRS phone on all the time option that
charges by the amount of data downloaded?
What is the name of this service? I assume it is not connected with
the New Zealand 021 mobile service. SNOOPY
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