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deanselby
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?'s about wireless service cost/kb - 1/7/2004 8:50:31
Hi,
I am located in an area in Europe which has no internet connection but T-mobile has a wireless GPRS system which charges .50cents per 175kb (non-contract rate, using pre-paid cards). Does this sound like a ripoff? I am not even really sure how much bandwidth I use simply being online, does anyone know what some "average joe" user might consume in an hour? I calculated I sent/received 4,000,000 bytes in twenty minutes, but that works out to be then $60/hour for this T-mobile service. Am I calculating something incorrectly. It seems awfully high, especially if I sign a contract I get unlimited GPRS internet for $30 a month!
Thanks for any thoughts!
Dean
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ellipisces
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RE: ?'s about wireless service cost/kb - 1/11/2004 15:09:09
the .50 per does sound high. I usually try to keep my web pages in the 48 - 70 K size range. That 175k is going to go real fast at that rate, only allowing you 5 or 6 different pages for a buck.
I calculated the cost for 12000k (4000 * 3 segments of twenty minutes) to be more like $34. That's still fairly ridiculous.
In the US, I get internet access on my phone for a flat rate of $6.99 per month but it is slow and chews up a lot of minutes. That's a contract account, not prepaid.
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