No. You don't. You pay normal rates as far as I know. Noah.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Hari Kurup [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 29 July 2004 15:37 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: lug_: The giant is moving > > So if you use 3 channels (3 x 9600 = 28800) you pay 3 x the airtime? > > Kurup > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Well if your phone is HSCSD enabled such as most of the > latest Nokias, > >you simply request for the service to be turned on your line > and voila > >you have it. > >I have tested and verified it with 6310, 6310i,7210,7250,3650,6600 > >models of Nokia and others have used it on the SONY Ericsson > phones as well. > > > >Actually I use it along with Bluetooth on the laptop though > you could > >connect the phone via a cable or infra-red and it works either way. > >Just that Bluetooth allows me to keep my phone in the pocket > while I dialup. > > > >My miserable understanding of GSM tells me that it simply combines > >multiple 9.6kbps channels into one to give you those speeds. > I can give > >you a demo to prove it if you are still in doubt. > > > >This was a common service in the Uk and other European > countries before > >the advent of GPRS though some providers like Orange still have it. > > > >Noah. > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Wire James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Sent: 29 July 2004 14:26 > >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Subject: RE: lug_: The giant is moving > >> > >> > >>Semat get real !!! 28.8 Kbps is available? Please explain the > >>circumstances under which it works. It just might as well be a > >>solution to a pressing consultancy am working on. I was actually > >>thinking of switching to Mango's CDMA. > >> > >>Wire > >> > >> > >>>Mark on this point I agree with you. It took me joining MTn > >>> > >>> > >>as staff > >> > >> > >>>to learn that they had HSCSD ( High Speed Circuit Switched > >>> > >>> > >>Data) and > >> > >> > >>>that I could dialup with my phone and get speeds of up to > 28.8 kbps. > >>> > >>>Up to now when I mention this to the more technically > >>> > >>> > >>minded people I > >> > >> > >>>know, they are surprised and wonder why nobody ever > >>> > >>> > >>mentioned this to > >> > >> > >>>them. > >>> > >>>Noah. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>-----Original Message----- > >>>>From: Mark Tinka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>Sent: 29 July 2004 11:41 > >>>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>Subject: Re: lug_: The giant is moving > >>>> > >>>>On Monday 26 July 2004 22:24, Ernest Byaruhanga wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>very true. on UTL's side however, there's a service they > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>did not tell > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>the country about - that is sms2email2sms. it's even still > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>running as > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>i speak, but i dont think even any utl staff uses it. mtn > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>has it too, > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>i presume :) > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>If you don't tell customers about it, they won't use it. It's not > >>>>enough just to have that piece of technology enabled somewhere in > >>>>your data centre. The other provider that sets it up, and tells > >>>>customers about it, will get better mileage. > >>>> > >>>>Mark. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>ernest > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>--------------------------------------------- > >>>>>This service is hosted on the Infocom network > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>http://www.infocom.co.ug > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>--------------------------------------------- > >>>>This service is hosted on the Infocom network > >>>>http://www.infocom.co.ug > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>--------------------------------------------- > >>>This service is hosted on the Infocom network > >>> > >>> > >>http://www.infocom.co.ug > >> > >> > >>-- > >>"Although about 3 million computers get sold every year in > China, but > >>people don't pay for the software," he said. > >>"Someday they will, though. > >>As long as they are going to steal it, we want them to steal ours. > >>They'll get sort of addicted, and then we'll somehow figure > out how to > >>collect sometime in the next decade." Bill Gates as Quoted by C|Net > >>News.com > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>--------------------------------------------- > >>This service is hosted on the Infocom network > http://www.infocom.co.ug > >> > >> > >> > > > > > >--------------------------------------------- > >This service is hosted on the Infocom network > http://www.infocom.co.ug > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------- > This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug > --------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
