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Old 04-12-2007, 05:21 AM
Scott
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Default Re: Sprint's Big Pipe Dream

SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote in news:461db301$0$27227
$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net:

> Scott wrote:
>> John Navas <spamfilter1@navasgroup.com> wrote in
>> news:g0lq1397rt2p614uv9vtqueo4jdn4nrfsr@4ax.com:
>>
>>> On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 12:05:46 -0700, SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
>>> wrote in <461d318b$0$27175$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>:
>>>
>>>> Todd Allcock wrote:
>>>>> At 11 Apr 2007 14:08:04 +0000 John Navas wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I think they see tech support as the killer -- low price packages
>>>>>> are only viable with _zero_ support, and cellular data isn't (yet
>>>>>> at least) foolproof enough to make that work.
>>>>> Good point- I was actually going to address that issue but left it
>>>>> out for brevity!
>>>>>
>>>>> It seems to me that you could avoid (or at least recoup) support
>>>>> costs "upfront" with a good overpriced install CD/data cable kit
>>>> The support issues largely go away when you use a CardBus or
>>>> ExpressCard wireless modem.
>>> Complete nonsense.
>>>

>>
>> No it's not. You are once again showing your lack of a clue.

>
> Yes, it's the tethering that is the source of so many issues regarding
> data. It's much easier when you take that variable out of the equation.
> Look at all the web sites that go into excruciating detail on the
> procedures necessary to tether for data. You don't see that for the
> CardBus cards.
>


Exactly.

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