plat2on1
join:2002-08-21
Hopewell Junction, NY | no wifi? what year am i in? |
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 MikePremium,Mod
join:2000-09-17
Pittsburgh, PA | 3G was old before it came out.
I have never seen my iPhone faster than 500kbps on ATT. Wifi, I've seen it up to 7 megs... |
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I agree. That is an important feature to not have. I can understand Verizon not wanting to heavily subsidize a phone with tri-band HSDPA because the user could then take that phone to AT&T or T-Mobile. But having WiFi turned off would make me go elsewhere or at the very least use a phone that has WiFi turned on.
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the year where verizon's 3g network covers 290 Million people (including the Alltel network) |
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Verizon is notorious for cutting features out of phones, this is no different. I guess the iPhone is more of a threat than they initially let on. I'm glad Verizon didn't get the iPhone when Apple first asked, otherwise, It would be just as crippled. As a matter of fact, Apple probably said NO to the crippling, which made Verizon move on, which is a good thing, no matter if they have 250M folks on their network or not. |
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 ptrowskiGot Helix?Premium
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Putnam, CT
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Re: no wifi? said by Mike:3G was old before it came out. I have never seen my iPhone faster than 500kbps on ATT. Wifi, I've seen it up to 7 megs... I average 800 kbps to 1 meg in the Providence and Worcester areas out here.
I don't live in a 3G area so wifi is a blessing.
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 RR ConductorHappy 40th AmtrakPremium
join:2002-04-02
Redwood Valley, CA
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said by Big Pete 82 :
the year where verizon's 3g network covers 290 Million people (including the Alltel network)
Yep, and the year where Verizon STILL has lousy coverage in a lot of this part of CA. While they do have automatic in-market roaming onto US Cellular to fill in the coverage gaps here, it's 1X only, no EVDO roaming with Verizon, and US Cellular is now turning on their EVDO. Verizon is all EVDO up here though, and in most of NorCal. |
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said by fAcEtIOUs:I agree. That is an important feature to not have. I can understand Verizon not wanting to heavily subsidize a phone with tri-band HSDPA because the user could then take that phone to AT&T or T-Mobile. But having WiFi turned off would make me go elsewhere or at the very least use a phone that has WiFi turned on. Oh please, Verizon has been known for crippling their phones for years. If they can't make money off a feature, they shut it off.
WiFi access takes away from overage charges they can make more money off of. |
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 DeeCPremium
join:2000-09-01
the world
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Those that *NEED* WiFi, go buy the iPhone, its that simple...
The Storm will be my 3rd Blackberry, and I don't give a rat's ass about WiFi, especially with 3G and global capabilities.
I also don't need the tethered modem support. The 5G limit is for that, not the basic unlimited data package (as a note, clarification for all). |
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