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To: Ramsey Su who wrote (10969)	5/26/2001 2:16:04 PM
From: slacker711	Read Replies (2) of 197137

Here, QC gave GPRS the generous speed of 45 kbps. So if my calculation is correct, the 3 minute MP3 song equals 24.3 mb. At cellnet's rate, this is $143.23????????? for one 3-minute MP3 song!!!!!!!!! I think you may be going back and forth between bits and bytes. The average MP3 is probably between 3 and 5 Megabytes. This would work out to $22.67-$33.99. I think I can unequivocally say that GPRS will never be used to download MP3's.... BTW....I doubt that any of the wireless technologies will be used to download MP3's unless a flat-rate pricing scheme becomes popular. It seems a lot more likely that I would download the file using a fixed connection and then use Bluetooth to transfer the file. I think that a lot depends on Qualcomm being successful in convincing operators that a flat-rate scheme could be successful. This is at least a good sign....DDI is launching flat-rate data scheme on their PHS network. I'm not sure if this article was posted here. bizns.nikkeibp.co.jp Slacker

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