http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/canada-mobile-data-access-tp1013p1018.html
Thanks Daniel & Hugh.
to explain perhaps you can send me to something to read. Sorry for my
> 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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