maemo.org - Talk - View Single Post

	allnameswereout	2009-08-23 , 17:59
	Posts: 3,397 \| Thanked: 1,212 times \| Joined on Jul 2008 @ Netherlands	#449

Originally Posted by Espoo888

From a pure technological point of view why would anyone not want always on high bandwidth connectivity in their device? In Finland and much of Europe we can buy devices without contracts and unlimited 3G/HSPA data plans are very reasonable. The networks are also very good.

1) Price (pre-paid or contract)
2) Performance (bandwidth, latency, availability of network, overbooking)
3) Always-on not needed nor part of user experience (for whatever reason).
4) Privacy (e.g. N800 is harder to track)
5) Roaming costs (yours truelly burned 400 EUR for 30 MB in Serbia, Europe

)

Overbooking requires special mention. You say 'unlimited data plans'. There is no such thing as unlimited data, let alone unlimited data plans. There is always overbooking and some kind of FUP. Just, 'unlimited data' means either 1) vague FUP 2) very high price, targetted at corporate users.

__________________
Goosfraba! All text written by allnameswereout is public domain unless stated otherwise. Thank you for sharing your output!

Quote & Reply |

The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to allnameswereout For This Useful Post:
deeteroderdas, Texrat