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1 edit | Seems like a decent deal to me Droids major competitor doesn't permit 'official' tethering with the iPhone and you end up paying $60 more for an AirCard (which is what I do). I'd gladly pay $30 instead of $60. There are likely other carriers+phones that offer a better price.
Meanwhile the terms are clear up front. If you think the Droid plans with the big ETF are overpriced, don't buy it. There is no shortage of smartphones on the market. |
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 tiger72SexaT duorPPremium
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| said by Z80:Droids major competitor doesn't permit 'official' tethering with the iPhone and you end up paying $60 more for an AirCard (which is what I do). I'd gladly pay $30 instead of $60. There are likely other carriers+phones that offer a better price. Meanwhile the terms are clear up front. If you think the Droid plans with the big ETF are overpriced, don't buy it. There is no shortage of smartphones on the market. But on CDMA, if you're using that phone to tether, your connection will drop when you get a call.
For mobile warriors, that can be a big issue.
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| Really? I didn't know that CDMA couldn't do DATA and VOICE at the same time like GSM. Honestly I didn't know. LOL That would really suck if you transferring a document from work or watching a nice porn and you get a call. |
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| That's correct. While CDMA apparently handles this better than GSM, it still cannot do simultaneous voice and data. To support that, carriers would have had to adopt EVDV, but they stuck with EVDO instead.
Currently, only UMTS (att and tmo 3g) supports simultaneous voice/data.
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 MxxCon
join:1999-11-19
Brooklyn, NY | reply to megatron266
there are only like 2 phones on Sprint that have dual radios and allow for phone AND data at the same time.
most of the time for Sprint and Verizon voice wins over data.
i believe this will be solved with LTE networks.
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 gballMaster YodaPremium
join:2000-11-28
South Bend, IN | The dual radio phones are to allow GSM overseas not data/voice at the same time.
You simply can't do data/voice at the same time on CDMA. |
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OwlSaverOwlSaverPremium
join:2005-01-30
Berwyn, PA | reply to tiger72
In 2009, this is crazy. For all but the last mile, Voice is Data. These companies need to change and trat voice as data and price accordingly. This idea of keeping them separate has no technical basis. |
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tiger72SexaT duorPPremium
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| said by OwlSaver:In 2009, this is crazy. For all but the last mile, Voice is Data. These companies need to change and trat voice as data and price accordingly. This idea of keeping them separate has no technical basis. for cellular networks, there is a technical basis. However, as you said, it IS 2009, and they need to move forward.
T-Mobile is moving forward with HSPA+ which (among other things) allows them to finally move to an all-ip backend. This increases efficiency, and eases the transition to wireless VoIP. LTE is primarily a data network, and early networks (ie Verizon and ATT) will probably use it solely for data, and not use it for voice. While this will allow phones with dual radios to simultaneously be on the internet and receive calls, it'll be at the cost of higher handset prices and worse battery life.
It'll be a few years before we see LTE networks that transport voice AND data.
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-United States Secretary of Defense (1961-1968) Robert S. McNamara |
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MxxCon
join:1999-11-19
Brooklyn, NY | reply to gball
there are dual CDMA phones |
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said by tiger72:said by Z80:Droids major competitor doesn't permit 'official' tethering with the iPhone and you end up paying $60 more for an AirCard (which is what I do). I'd gladly pay $30 instead of $60. There are likely other carriers+phones that offer a better price. Meanwhile the terms are clear up front. If you think the Droid plans with the big ETF are overpriced, don't buy it. There is no shortage of smartphones on the market. But on CDMA, if you're using that phone to tether, your connection will drop when you get a call. For mobile warriors, that can be a big issue. Has never been an issue for me. |
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Let not forget Sprint 4G wimax. It is out right now and have VoIP and data for fix install. It should have all mobile voice and data next year. |
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gballMaster YodaPremium
join:2000-11-28
South Bend, IN | reply to MxxCon
Ok I'll bite..What phone can I buy right now from Sprint or Verizon that will do data and voice at the same time? |
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gballMaster YodaPremium
join:2000-11-28
South Bend, IN | I didn't think so! |
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