At the Cingular store the display placard says the HTC Cingular 8125
is supposed to use the Edge network so it should move data at
broadband speeds but I can only get GPRS. Also, I had dial-up for many
years and now I have 3MB DSL (at home), and the GPRS is usually as
slow as 56K dialup, not even cllose to broadband. Sometimes I can't
get on the right site at all because it's so slow. I sometimes get a
message the site isn't available. Often when I get this message I'm at
home and I find it is available on my DSL network. What causes this
problem? I mean ... the 8125 makes phone calls okay, so why the
Internet problems? Are the GPRS towers further apart than regular cell
phone towers?

Oh, and where I use the GPRS to keep track of where I am going with
GPS and Windows Live Search often the GPS arrow is all I see on my
screen because the aerial data isn't coming in fast enough, especially
if cruising at Interstate speeds. At city street speeds it is usually
okay.

Is this phone just an anachronism (outdated before its time)?

Thanks.

Jan