Re: canada & mobile data access

Posted by gsawhney on Apr 11, 2007; 2:19pm
URL: http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/canada-mobile-data-access-tp1013p1019.html

The simple answer is: the prices are higher because there's less
competition.  Whether you're connecting via cellphone or "portable
Internet" (inukshuk), you're dealing with one of two or three
companies.  These three also control the largest wifi hotspot network
in Canada.

It makes Dave Dobbin look like a freedom fighter.  <smile>

Gabe


On 4/11/07, Tracey P. Lauriault <[hidden email]> wrote:

> 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:
> >
> >
> >> 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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