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[xultar]

Ok I'm excited.

Which MS WM2k5 handsets or devices support UMTS? I haven't heard too much about SP devices supporting UMTS. So am I in for a dissapointment? :cry:

[Sven Johannsen]

Not sure why you are excited. It doesn't appear that UMTS has much support in the States, where I thought you were. (Am I wrong?)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMTS

[xultar]

Not sure why you are excited. It doesn't appear that UMTS has much support in the States, where I thought you were. (Am I wrong?)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMTS

Dude, Where ya been...ahhh nappin w/ yo blankie?

The Cingular UMTS network is up with HSPDAis actually up as of today...

http://www.unstrung.com/document.asp?doc_id=82566&WT.svl=news2_2
http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=751692


The launch markets 11/01/05 include :
Market Designation Region Market Cluster
Austin, TX Central South Texas
Chicago, IL Central IL/WI
Dallas, TX Central North Texas
Detroit, MI Central Mich/IN
Houston, TX Central South Texas
Baltimore, MD Northeast DC/MD
Boston, MA Northeast MA/RI/VT/NH/ME/CT/DC/MD
Washington, DC Northeast DC/MD
Atlanta, GA Southeast Georgia
Las Vegas, NV West San Diego/Las Vegas
Phoenix, AZ West AZ/NM
Portland, OR West Seattle/Oregon/Idaho
Salt Lake City, UT West CO/UT/WY/MT
San Diego, CA West San Diego/Las Vegas
San Francisco, CA West San Francisco
San Jose, CA West San Francisco
Seattle, WA West Seattle/Oregon/Idaho
Tacoma, WA West Seattle/Oregon/Idaho “

[Sven Johannsen]

OK, so three of those are live now and the rest on the list on 1 Nov. Hope that helps you. Nothing within 500 miles of me. Have you looked at their rates BTW? http://onlinestorez.cingular.com/cell-phone-service/wireless-phone-plans/cell-phone-plans.jsp;dsessionid=CQWVAYREGLDYHB4R0HZSFFA?pflow=a&catid=2206800007

That's different than the $20 all you can eat Media Net I have. Don't know if you can sign up for the $20 Media Net, and if you have an Edge or UMTS device if you'll get those speeds

[xultar]

OK, so three of those are live now and the rest on the list on 1 Nov. Hope that helps you. Nothing within 500 miles of me. Have you looked at their rates BTW? http://onlinestorez.cingular.com/cell-phone-service/wireless-phone-plans/cell-phone-plans.jsp;dsessionid=CQWVAYREGLDYHB4R0HZSFFA?pflow=a&catid=2206800007

That's different than the $20 all you can eat Media Net I have. Don't know if you can sign up for the $20 Media Net, and if you have an Edge or UMTS device if you'll get those speeds
I was just kidding about the blankie thing - I used to do stand-up.

Yes, actually it helps me quite a bit. I'm a legacy blue. I will stay legacy blue as long as I can. They are offering a $59.99 all you can eat unlimited data plan. Prices may come down a bit with UMTS to hook early adopters. Not to mention Dell has plans to do a laptop with an embedded modem with Cingular's of HSDPA.

Yes, it helps me. I'm running a Sierra 775 during the day cuz my clients don't allow consultants to tunnel through their network. In the evening I'm on a hotel's wifi with my own wep travel wireless router. But I need connectivity and speed. UMTS will get me there.
Now, I also need a HSDPA enabled WM 2k5 handset and I'll be doin the mambo.

[Sven Johannsen]

I was just kidding about the blankie thing - I used to do stand-up.

Yes, actually it helps me quite a bit.

No sweat on the blankie thing :wink: Guess I was a bit out of touch and the last thing I read about UMTS was Cingular canning the ATT effort.

I am glad it does you some good. I haven't even bothered looking for an EDGE device because that coverage is pretty spotty here. Some places I go, I'm lucky to even make voice calls, much less data of any sort. That's with Cingular..T-Mobile was worse.