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shashinka
join:2000-09-16
West Boylston, MA
| how about other wi-fi enabled phones I have the AT&T Cingular 8125 with WIFI built-in, why the hell couldn't I use this damn network for free?
Also if you go to a coffee shop with wifi and the iphone that is not part of AT&T then you could certainly use free or paid WIFI, AT&T and the Iphone is not going to stop you. | |
|  | | bullet087
join:2006-05-17 | Re: how about other wi-fi enabled phones This free service is AT&Ts way of saying that iPhone users use too much of AT&Ts data network and they want to unload that data onto traditional landlines.
BTW iansltx, I have been to Fredericksburg, nice little town! | |
| | | iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO | Re: how about other wi-fi enabled phones Thanks, though if you came here with a 3G iPhone you'd be disappointed...nothing but EDGE for AT&T for miles, thought that should change in a few quarters. Nuthin' but EvDO  | |
| | patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
| said by iansltx  : It's a bit of a win-win for you and AT&T: when you're within range of a hotspot, you get faster, lower-latency internet (usually a T1 runs into each hotspot, or so it seems), and you're not using up their cellular network capacity. Smart move, those AT&T hotspots rarely have anyone on them. In my experiance, I've never had my speeds less or more than ~1490kbit/s. So offloading cell traffic to an alternative underutilized network is a life saver. The problem with the shitty T1s when your downloading alot of multimedia, 1.5mbit/s take for f'ing ever compared to 6mbit/s DSL or most cable modems. | |
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