Re: Pointless For Data in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20463543 en Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:07:27 EDT Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:07:27 EDT Re: Pointless For Data http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20463543 pnh102 :
said by EPS See Profile :

Hm, well, most smartphones can't connect to Wi-Fi (though the almighty iPhone can), so if you wanted to use your smartphone inside...
Most modern smartphones have built in wifi support. For those that don't, an SD, MiniSD, and very soon MicroSD workarounds are available.

But even if your phone doesn't have wifi, if you are at home and you have broadband and presumably a computer, why would you want to use your phone for data?
said by EPS See Profile :

Also, on GSM, 3G is both data and voice.
True, but most phones do support fallback to EDGE or basic GSM for voice, both services are quite prevalent in the USA (although I know that in other countries they use 3G for everything).
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Also, on GSM, 3G is both data and voice.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20463079 Sat, 10 May 2008 21:02:17 EDT Pointless For Data http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20462966 pnh102 : If the whole point of 3G is to provide high speed mobile broadband, why would someone need it indoors? Especially if that someone has a traditional broadband connection that the picocell would presumably use?
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