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> it wasnt till GPRS that you got faster speeds Forgot to mention, GPRS uses the same time slots as voice calls do over GSM. Each time slot is still limited to
by jsjohnst 7y ago
> it wasnt till GPRS that you got faster speeds
Forgot to mention, GPRS uses the same time slots as voice calls do over GSM. Each time slot is still limited to about 9.6k useable data rate as with using a modem, but GPRS allows bonding to use more than one time slot. As such, using three time slots would get you 28.8k, using six gets you 57.6k, etc.
- tiernano 7y agoboth comments are very handy to know! thanks. i remember trying to get internet access on my Nokia 7650 back in the day, and been given HSDCA and GPRS as options... larger downloads usually worked out cheaper on HSDCA (it was charged per min, no bandwidth limit, bar the standard limits) but GPRS worked out handier for "browsing" which, back then, was not standard either... big difference between now and then...
- jsjohnst 7y agoBack when I had an ISP in the mid 90s, I felt like I was king of the world as I had a T1 going to my place (as I only had to pay for the local loop, bandwidth was “free” by owning the ISP). My dream back then was to have those speeds everywhere I went. Fast forward 25 years and my watch can get 20x that speed even in a random rural area.