majortom1029
join:2006-10-19
Lindenhurst, NY | Awfully hard time
They will have a hard time selling the service even with subsudized notebooks when you limit how much of the service you can actually use. |
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antwanp
Beyond FM, Beyond AM, XM Satellite Radio
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join:2002-05-14
Cedar Hill, TX
clubs:  | Good deal...
If we're willing to do it with Smartphones, why not with netbooks? Sounds like a good deal to me.
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hayabusa3303
Over 200 mph
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join:2005-06-29
clubs: | What good is it
with a small 5gb cap on it like at&t i just dont see how its going to fly.
If Windows has a big update there goes any surfing for the month.  |
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TKJunkMail
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join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
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»Wireless Carriers To Start Subsidizing Netbooks?
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""http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Wireless-Carriers-To-Start-Subsidizing-Netbooks-97453""
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ninjatutle
Premium
join:2006-01-02
San Ramon, CA | 1998 all over again
Free PeeC's with Dial Up contracts. |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | Yup... I remember that. |
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Mike
Premium,Mod
join:2000-09-17
Pittsburgh, PA
clubs: | reply to hayabusa3303
Re: What good is it
Oh neat more stuff to clog up AT&T's crap network. |
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HardwareGeek
join:2003-11-15
Brooklyn, NY | reply to en102
Re: 1998 all over again
People may not care if their phone is locked to a provider, but not their notebook. |
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Joe12345678
join:2003-07-22
Des Plaines, IL | Who will want a laptop with $60+ forced data plan for 2 year
Who will want a laptop with $60+ forced data plan for 2 years vs paying more and useing wifi for free? |
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Mr Matt
join:2008-01-29
Eustis, FL |  Do not forget the 5Gb CAP! |
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EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA
| reply to Joe12345678
Last time I checked 3G cellular service covers far more areas than WiFi (of course, for some areas you have enough WiFi that it doesn't matter too much)... so if you were going to get the 3G data plan anyway, a laptop is a nice bonus that could sway some people. |
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sharksfan3
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Poughkeepsie, NY
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| said by EPS  :Last time I checked 3G cellular service covers far more areas than WiFi (of course, for some areas you have enough WiFi that it doesn't matter too much)... so if you were going to get the 3G data plan anyway, a laptop is a nice bonus that could sway some people. Agreed. I went out of my way last December to find a laptop with an integrated 3G AT&T card. It cost me $250... I couldn't be happier! |
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ifarrell
join:2000-08-10
Willow Spring, NC
2 edits | reply to Mike
Re: What good is it
Just what I was thinking.
AT&T can't keep their Network stable now.
How the hell are they going to do by clogging more tubes up  |
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AVonGauss
Premium,MVM
join:2007-11-01
Boynton Beach, FL
| I got a great idea...
I got great idea, how about the wireless companies focus on providing a quality 3G experience at a reasonable price and leave the notebook purchases to the consumers, okay? Seriously, we don't need notebook subsidies based on long term contracts, we need affordable quality 3G service options. I can't even bring myself to say something politically correct about the 5 GB cap, based on the price they are charging, thats just highway robbery. |
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kash
join:2005-08-13
Houston, TX | dunno
damm.. already locked into my 2year contract on my notebook.. its stable and fast for me in houston :dunno: |
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EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA | reply to sharksfan3
Re: Who will want a laptop with $60+ forced data plan for 2 year
I try to go for laptops without integrated 3G myself- it allows more selection of carriers, and is upgradable... this is the reason I don't like the fact that Intel wants to push WiMax to every single Centrino 2 laptop once its chipsets are ready. |
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
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join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ | Thanks
BUT NO THANKS! |
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chronoss2008
Premium
join:2008-03-29
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| wireless and laptop BS
and laptop life span is how long and its how easy to fix them?
ya worth about nothing, and
if they do determine that cell phones cause cancer wtf we doing being all these other waves about ?
oh and yah not very secure at all, which is why they like it, how better to spy on yee |
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antwanp
Beyond FM, Beyond AM, XM Satellite Radio
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join:2002-05-14
Cedar Hill, TX
clubs: | reply to EPS
Re: Who will want a laptop with $60+ forced data plan for 2 year
What's your problem with WiMax? There's multiple providers for WiMax. It's a standard. |
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EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA
| But there are competing standards as well. I don't want an integrated EV-DO laptop card either, even if they could make it so you could switch between providers easily (CDMA would be a great standard if it wasn't so carrier-controlled), because if I wanted to use HSDPA, I'd have to have two 3G devices inside my laptop.
Plus, an external antenna could get better reception. (Probably not an issue with plastic laptops) |
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