NEWS: ECS' 'super 3G' sub-notebook

John Navas · Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Posts: 662

There's not much to say about ECS' 11in G10IL laptop other than the
fact that it has built-in tri-band HSDPA and HSUPA 'super 3G'
technology for downloads of up to 7.2Mb/s and 2Mb/s, respectively.

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EV-DO Rev A has a maximum burst rate 3.2 Mbps down, but is half that in
typical deployments.

Telstra in Australia is migrating from CDMA2000 to UMTS/HSDPA, and is
planning on shutting down the CDMA2000 network this year, with April 28
as the current date.

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John Navas · Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Posts: 662

On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:32:56 GMT, John Navas
wrote in
:

>
>
> There's not much to say about ECS' 11in G10IL laptop other than the
> fact that it has built-in tri-band HSDPA and HSUPA 'super 3G'
> technology for downloads of up to 7.2Mb/s and 2Mb/s, respectively.
>
> [MORE]
>
>EV-DO Rev A has a maximum burst rate 3.2 Mbps down, but is half that in
>typical deployments.
>
>Telstra in Australia is migrating from CDMA2000 to UMTS/HSDPA, and is
>planning on shutting down the CDMA2000 network this year, with April 28
>as the current date.
Telstra "CDMA Upgrade" page:

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Larry · Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Posts: 682

John Navas wrote in @4ax.com:

> EV-DO Rev A has a maximum burst rate 3.2 Mbps down, but is half that in
> typical deployments.
>
>
.....and half of that half, 1/2 mile from the tower....

Robert A. Fink, M. D. · Joined: 31 Jul 2007 Posts: 9

On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:32:56 GMT, John Navas
wrote:

>Telstra in Australia is migrating from CDMA2000 to UMTS/HSDPA, and is
>planning on shutting down the CDMA2000 network this year, with April 28
>as the current date.

We will be traveling in Australia/New Zealand in October/November of
this year. Does the above mean that we can use our ATT GSM cell
phones and 3G Laptop Connect service there? Will the price be
anywhere near "reasonable"? Smile

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Bob

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Dennis Ferguson · Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Posts: 196

On 2008-02-13, Robert A. Fink, M. D. wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:32:56 GMT, John Navas
> wrote:
>
>>Telstra in Australia is migrating from CDMA2000 to UMTS/HSDPA, and is
>>planning on shutting down the CDMA2000 network this year, with April 28
>>as the current date.
>
> We will be traveling in Australia/New Zealand in October/November of
> this year. Does the above mean that we can use our ATT GSM cell
> phones and 3G Laptop Connect service there? Will the price be
> anywhere near "reasonable"? Smile

I don't think it helps. GSM phones have always worked in both
Australia and NZ but AT&T's rates ($1.29 & $1.99 per minute
respectively) are anything but reasonable. For data service,
the theoretical best way to do that is to take AT&T's DataConnect
Global service at a whopping $140 for a month and cancel it
before the 30 day trial is up to avoid the contract ETF. This
includes 100 MB of roaming data and cuts the overage price by 75%
compared to normal roaming rates, though it is still a bit hard to
call this "reasonable". The trouble with this, though, is that
Telstra isn't one of the roaming partners for DataConnect Global,
and the Australian and New Zealand partners they do have run their
3G service at 2100 MHz, which your data card probably doesn't
support. Without 2100 MHz you'd be limited to (E)GPRS.

AT&T will hence work, but it won't be cheap and the data service
won't be fast unless you've got UMTS 2100 hardware.

Dennis Ferguson

John Navas · Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Posts: 662

On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 07:19:44 GMT, Dennis Ferguson
wrote in
:

>... The trouble with this, though, is that
>Telstra isn't one of the roaming partners for DataConnect Global,
>and the Australian and New Zealand partners they do have run their
>3G service at 2100 MHz, which your data card probably doesn't
>support. Without 2100 MHz you'd be limited to (E)GPRS.

The SIM card doesn't care about the frequency.
That's just a handset issue, not a SIM issue.

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Dennis Ferguson · Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Posts: 196

On 2008-02-14, John Navas wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 07:19:44 GMT, Dennis Ferguson
> wrote in
>:
>>On 2008-02-13, Robert A. Fink, M. D. wrote:
>>> We will be traveling in Australia/New Zealand in October/November of
>>> this year. Does the above mean that we can use our ATT GSM cell
>>> phones and 3G Laptop Connect service there? Will the price be
>>> anywhere near "reasonable"? Smile

>>
>>... The trouble with this, though, is that
>>Telstra isn't one of the roaming partners for DataConnect Global,
>>and the Australian and New Zealand partners they do have run their
>>3G service at 2100 MHz, which your data card probably doesn't
>>support. Without 2100 MHz you'd be limited to (E)GPRS.
>
> The SIM card doesn't care about the frequency.
> That's just a handset issue, not a SIM issue.

Of course, but none of the supported devices AT&T sells to use with the
Laptop Connect service seems to support 2100 so he likely has an
equipment issue if the roaming partner isn't Telstra. The SIM card
by itself won't connect to anyone's service.

Dennis Ferguson

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