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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
ObamaBiden 2008 I voted, did you?
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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.
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ifarrell
join:2000-08-10
Willow Spring, NC
2 edits | Re: What good is it Just what I was thinking.
AT&T can't keep their Network stable now.
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ninjatutle
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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 | Re: 1998 all over again Yup... I remember that. | |
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HardwareGeek
join:2003-11-15
Brooklyn, NY | 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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MisterMarcus
join:2001-11-10
San Diego, CA
| said by en102  :Yup... I remember that. I remember it too...and all the fraud that went along with. It wasn't exclusive to computers; just an enticement. It was really just a way to spur sales at Best Buy (unless you're referring to the PeoplePC nonsense).
But see, that was a stupid idea on its face. It was WAY too easy to defraud it.
1: All they did was validate the credit card. Nothing was charged. That meant you could buy 15 GreenDot cards, load each one with $5, and go on a buying spree with phony names each time, for a quick $300 free money each. Best Buy was the real loser; they gave money away like water and couldn't get it back except from Microsoft, who was supposed to pay them back but often didn't.
2: Best Buy issued the gift card instantly and didn't care what you bought with it. My friend and I both got a free PC, and I hooked up my car with a free sound system.
Back to the topic....
IF I could get this from T-mobile for their forthcoming 3G network, I'd be all over it for my second line of service. Their data plan is extremely cheap compared to others, so it would be a great deal for me...that is, if I hadn't just bought a new laptop at the beginning of the year. | |
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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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join:2008-01-29
Eustis, FL | Re: Who will want a laptop with $60+ forced data plan for 2 year  Do not forget the 5Gb CAP! | |
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join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA
| 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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join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA | 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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antwanp
ObamaBiden 2008 I voted, did you?
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join:2002-05-14
Cedar Hill, TX
clubs: | 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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join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA
| Re: Who will want a laptop with $60+ forced data plan for 2 year 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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AVonGauss
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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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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
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join:2008-03-29
 ·TekSavvy Solutions..
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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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