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To: limtex who wrote (106953)	10/13/2001 11:40:34 AM
From: Kayaker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

What fun gadgets. Can't wait. I haven't seen much discussion of wireless data charges, but the recent article by Andrew Seybold (#reply-16452348) is not encouraging. As he points out, Sprint PCS and Verizon "look like they intend to sell these services on a per-minute basis". As Seybold asks: 1. Why should you pay the same if you have a strong connection at 120k as you do with a weak connection at, say 50k? 2. Why should someone with a (data intensive) connection via notebook computer pay the same as someone transmitting brief bits of text on a phone? What's the point of an "always on" data connection if you have to pay by the minute? IMHO wireless data will see very limited use if they stick with this plan. Hopefully they'll see the light and go with Seybold's suggestion to charge a flat rate, with some added cost for large data transfers. At least AT&T is worse. Their plan to charge $10 per megabyte (GPRS) is a joke. Monthly charges connecting via a laptop would be higher than my mortgage. On the other hand GPRS will be so slow, 1 meg will take all day. <g>