seriously? that sucks. i didnt even know they had any presence out there that predated EDGE. what is it, old voicestream towers in your area? or maybe a 'partner' network that only allows GPRS?

back when i had voicestream service and GPRS was the best on offer, i actually used HSCSD to dial-up internet access. for me, it was faster and i alrady had the dial-up account. i'm not even sure how you'd do that anymore. (back then i had a handspring visor with the gsm springboard adapter. serious geek cred at the time)