Will Kemp wrote...

> Compared to the 300bps used by some TTYs for the blind, even 14.4kbps
> could be considered "blistering".

When I first started using NextG I used my phone as a modem. The best that I
could get was around 180kbps, which isn't even up to the min. DSL standard.

That was 18 months ago. Maybe things have progressed since then. But even now,
using the mobile for web browsing is slow. And I've tried it on 5 different 3G
phones on 3 different 3G networks. 3/Telstra 3G, Optus and NextG.

When Telstra, for example, claims speeds of "up to" 3mbps or whatever, then when
it's below half a megabit/sec then it can hardly be claimed as "blistering" no
matter what frame of reference that you use.

I would hope that things have improved since then. But if mobile browsing and
how slow it sends and receives MMSes, which I'm told is via
HSDPA/Internet/NextG, then I'd suggest that it's anything but "blistering".