From: Roman Pixell (roman_at_pixell.net)
Date: Tue Feb 18 2003 - 03:12:12 PST
well, that resembles the cost in sweden too, even with GPRS.
i still want to point out that $35 is a rather juicy bill to pay for=20
say a student. i mean, if you really value being completely mobile and=20=
download mail and RSS via the newt, id pay for a trotter card and stick=20=
to that - it would pay over time. the hardware cost is negligible over=20=
time, compared to the variable cost.
/ roman
On m=E5ndag, feb 17, 2003, at 23:34 Europe/Stockholm, jgoggan_at_dcg.com=20
wrote:
> So, in the end, I paid well under $100 for everything (including=20
> phone, modem,
> spare batteries, connection cable, charger) -- and, monthly, I only=20
> pay my
> normal cellular/wireless bill (about $20 a month for the cheap plan=20
> since I
> don't make many calls) and a normal dialup bill (about $15 a month --=20=
> which I
> use for home also (where I have one-way satellite)).
>
> So, in the US, low-speed Newton-to-Net-via-cellular can be done on the=20=
> cheap.
> Just stick with cellular instead of wireless. Old technology comes=20
> back to
> kick the new one's rear yet again. :-) Seems oddly appropriate for=20=
> getting a
> Newton on the Net. :-)
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