C'mon, now.
Cingular has launched GPRS across their GSM nets
As of October 31, 2001, this meant GPRS in Cingular's GSM nets was present in parts of California, Washington, Nevada, South Carolina, North Carolina, eastern Tennessee and coastal Georgia in the U.S.
Except for California and Washington, the population of the remaining states (including coastal Georgia, LOL) can't be more than 10 million. How much of that population does Cingular have as customers? How many of those have opted for GPRS? Ditto for Voicestream and AWS.
From what I can tell, GPRS has been a dud in the US. Which is not good for the industry as a whole.
Hardly the resounding triumph of GPRS which I think you suggest has occurred.
From a technology standpoint--and you know this better than anyone--Sprint PCS's wireless web service is comparable in speed and in quality to GPRS. I use it on occassion and find it quite adequate.
I know it's hard to admit, but GPRS really does suck. Big investment which will probably flop. When the market progresses to the point where wireless laptops and PDAs are commonly used, 1X will be there, cleaning GPRS's clock.
Ah, yes, but VoiceStream does have Jamie Lee Curtis flashing her boobs all over the country. Not a bad marketing tool. |
