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Old 04/17/2005, 04:06 AM   #12 (permalink)
taylorh
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Originally Posted by taroliw
I've seen a wide variety of reports, but I find that isp.cingular is faster than wap.cingular, and I prefer knowing my smartphone isn't using a freakin' WAP gateway.
I hear you there. If performance was ever of paramount importance, I'd jump the PDA plan and use the ISP gateway. This would be especially I was to be using the Treo as a modem (aka DUN or teather) for a laptop frequently.
However, I myself simply want to get my email and the occasional web page, arguably not much more than I'd be doing on any standard cell phone. I think the money saved (about $30/month for me) is worth the small compromise in speed.

I still get about 110-180kbps download speeds. However, the WAP gateway is more likely to become congested than the ISP gateway.
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