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Technology Stocks : Access Anywhere, Anytime. Cell Phones/PDA's join the Net
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To: Mark Oliver who wrote ()8/17/1999 10:57:00 AM
From: Mark Oliver   of 332
 
Interesting comment about the cost of a megabit of wireless data.

By consolidating product lines, advancing compression technology and migrating circuit-based voice equipment to packet-based technology, Nortel can help reduce the cost of transporting wireless data dramatically, Craig says. He adds that while it currently costs service providers about 37 cents for each megabit of wireless data they deliver, Nortel will drive that cost down to 4 cents per megabit in the next four to five years. zdnet.com;

This seems reasonably cheap to me. At the current transmission rate of 9k, it would take a long time to get through a single megabit, nearly 2 minutes. Assuming the use of WAP based efficient devics, data rates would be much less than a desktop user. But, if you were to continually download the maximum data, it would seem to cost about $11/hour. That's the operator's cost though, not the user's price.

Regards,

Mark
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