[BTM] Palm Tungsten T and T68i - dialup connection (OT?)

[Mark O'Brien]

On 6/5/03 9:51 PM, "Terry Cheah" <terrycheah at pd.jaring.my> wrote:

> Which is cheaper the GPRS or the normal dial up vis HSCD?

Depends on your usage. GPRS charges by the amount of data you download and
upload. You can be connected all the time and not pay a dime...as long as
you don't check your mail or go to any websites :-). I had GPRS with AT&T,
demo'd a few websites from my TiBook (Dlink BT adapter to the T68i) during a
one hour business meeting, went over my measly 1MB /month allotment, and got
slammed with a $70 charge!

If you only want to use your Tungsten (or whatever device you're using) to
check email and you won't be downloading large attachments, it's probably
cheaper to dial up via CSD at 9600 bps and then sign off.

I canceled my GPRS plan and went with an unlimited data plan and the Merlin
PC card with SprintPCS for my off-site connectivity.

Mark
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