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To: 49thMIMOMander who wrote (13909)	7/17/2001 6:58:39 PM
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Does it work? Math or no math? Message 16089309 Message 16089253 Too soon to tell? Phones in a few months. AT&T to charge mobile net users per byte By Richard Waters in New York Published: July 17 2001 20:52GMT \| Last Updated: July 17 2001 21:18GMT AT&T Wireless took a leaf out of NTT DoCoMo's book on Tuesday as it became the first US company to start charging mobile internet users based on the amount of data they download to their handsets. The new pricing arrangement is one of the first signs of the alliance struck between the two companies earlier this year. Charging by the byte has been used successfully by DoCoMo for its highly successful iMode mobile internet service in Japan. AT&T unveiled the pricing plan as it launched its first high-speed data network using GPRS technology. The launch, in Seattle, makes it the first US carrier to begin using the so-called "2.5G" technology that is also being adopted throughout Europe and in many other parts of the world. Most wireless companies are wary of basing their prices on data volumes, fearing that users would not understand how the charges were arrived at and might be shocked by large monthly bills. However, DoCoMo claims to have encountered little resistance to the idea in Japan. The new AT&T Wireless network will deliver data at a speed of 100 kilobytes a second, far faster than the 14.4 kbps of its current data service, though handset limitations will restrict the speed at first. AT&T said that for $50 a month, users would get 400 minutes of regular voice calls and be able to download or upload up to one megabyte of data. Extra data would cost under one cent per kilobyte, it added. Regular users of the mobile internet service could quickly exhaust their one megabyte limit. According to AT&T, downloading a 500-word news story would consume 25 kbs and checking a stock price would use 10 kbs. news.ft.com = 25 cents per email and 10 cents to see Nok quote?

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