(keitai-l) Re: [Fwd: FYI: brief explanation of the "i-mode" web enabled cell phoneservice]]

From: Renfield Kuroda <Renfield.Kuroda_at_msdw.com>
Date: 08/07/00
Message-ID: <398DF430.566BE5B9@msdw.com>
Gerhard Fasol wrote:

> To remove some further "technical shallowness" :)
>
> the data transfer rate for imode at present is 9.6kbit/sec and
> will go up towards 2 Mbit/sec with 3G next year. Of course, these
> data rates are the ideal maximum - it does not mean you achieve that
> at midnight near Hachiko in Shibuya...

I pessimistically doubt it will get anywhere near 2M/sec next year, except
in explicitly controlled lab tests.

Realistically we can expect a couple hundred k/sec in best conditions next
year, I think.

r e n


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