how fast is an edge connection ?

On 9/25/10, Thomas Vazhappilly <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Some days ago, after an unofficial meeting at ILUG Cochin, one of its senior
> members Mr. Jay shared some info about an inexpensive way to access internet
> using EDGE/GPRS technology in mobile phones. There are many service
> providers who give GPRS (packat data) based internet. DOCOMO, one of the new
> gen mobile service provider provides a good internet plan based on
> EDGE/GPRS. Just read the following facts.
> This service is very useful especially for laptops.
>
>    1. DOCOMO's EDGE/GPRS plan is cheap. Rs. 48/- (prepaid!) for 2 GB
>    download (There are other tariffs also )
>    2. Almost all towers of DOCOMO is EDGE enabled.
>    3. If your mobile handset is EDGE compatible, you will get a not-bad
>    speed.
>    4. Even your handset has only GPRS (with no EDGE), DOCOMO is
>    comparatively good.
>    5. One of the best handset which has EDGE > Samsung C-5212 which costs
>    Rs. 4.6 K. C-5212 supports dual SIM standby.
>    6. You can simply configure it using wvdial in Gnu/Linux systems.
>    7. The wvdial.conf file settings as follows
>
> [Dialer Defaults]
> Init1 = ATZ
> Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
> # If there is any troubles uncomment the following line
> #Init3 = AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","TATA.DOCOMO.INTERNET"
> Modem Type = USB Modem
> Baud = 460800
> # Sometimes the above speed may make trouble. Try a lower speed as follows
> #Baud = 57600
> New PPPD = yes
> Modem = /dev/ttyACM0
> ISDN = 0
> # Phone = <Target Phone Number>
> # Password = <Your Password>
> # Username = <Your Login Name>
> # Phone = *99# for normal phones | *99***1# for Nokia phones
> # Password and Username can be any according to your interest
> Phone = *99***1#
> Password = internetz
> Username = internetz
>
> Note :-
> To configure your wvdial, use the following command: wvdialconf
> /etc/wvdial.conf
>


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