In article <1iiacig.1lpvhok1ffani5N%paul****hs@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
'tkosher.oink>,
paul****hs@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
'tkosher.oink (Paul ****hs) wrote:
> I am curious about just how fast this 3G connection is. I live on a
> small island with monopoly dsl and no cable because the same company
> owns the cable system and the telephone system. If I download a file on
> Safari, the fastest speeds I can get are 50 Kbytes per sec, and usually
> slower. I guess this translates to 4-500 kbps service. Streaming
> video spends a lot of time buffering. I actually subscribe to ATT
> right now for cell service on a Nokia, because, strangely enough, they
> offer the best service on my pebble.
>
> OK. This is a dumb-ass hypothetical question. But if I bought a 3G
> iPhone, and some third party hardware developer made an external
> FireWire box that I could connect to my Mac that would allow it to use
> my 3G ATT data service, would this be faster than my crappy current
> pseudo-dsl?
You might be able to get the phone, but the 3G infrastructure must be in
your location first. You'd need to check on the ATT website to see if
you're in one of the service areas. The first iPhones used EDGE which
is kind of slow given what I've read here in the past. It was a
tem****ary protocol. But 3G (and later 4G) is/will be done over UMTS
(Universal Mobile Telecommunications System). While fairly uniform and
stand in the EU, from what I've read, it is neither in the US with
different services all running their own games. I don't know about US
territories. As far as tethering your Mac to the UMTS, I can't imagine
any way that could happen realistically.
Madeleine
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