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Re: canada & mobile data access

Posted by Tracey P. Lauriault-2 on Apr 11, 2007; 1:51pm
URL: http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/canada-mobile-data-access-tp1013p1018.html

Thanks Daniel & Hugh.
Wow!
Why the difference in cost between wires and non wires? Why does the
size or the mobility of the device matter in terms of what you view?  Is
it harder to technically deliver content this way? If this is too basic
to explain perhaps you can send me to something to read.  Sorry for my
naivety!

Cheers
tracey

Hugh McGuire wrote:

> i am a mobile phone nonuser as well, but basically:
> -a mobile device (phone, palm, blackberry) can be used to access the  
> internet and transfer data, just as your computer does (photos,  
> databases, audio, etc).
> -in some (most?) countries, that data transfer is inexpensive  
> ($40-100) for 500 MB of data
> -in canada, that data transfer is excruciatingly expensive ($300-1600)
>
> so basically any application that involves transfering data onto a  
> handheld device through wireless networks is crazy expensive here, so  
> that businesses, individuals, and non-profits are essentially barred  
> from developing & using innovative applications of this tech. (such  
> as, say, political info & photos & speeches of the candidates  
> delivered to your mobile device as you wait in line, deciding how to  
> vote....)
>
> corrections welcome if i misstated this.
>
> H.
>
> On Apr 11, 2007, at 9:04 AM, Tracey P. Lauriault wrote:
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>  
>> As a non mobile phone user can you explain to me what mobile data are?
>>
>>
>> Hugh McGuire wrote:
>>    
>>> Not strictly about civicaccess, but part of a similar policy-making
>>> problem here.
>>>
>>> "Canada Worse than 3rd World Countries when it comes to Mobile Data
>>> Access"
>>>
>>> http://www.thomaspurves.com/2007/04/09/canada-worse-than-3rd-world-
>>> countries-when-it-comes-to-mobile-data-access/
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