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jim, when you say att gives you something "noticeably faster than 3g" do you mean gsm?
timOn Dec 4, 2012, at 10:19 AM, David Smith wrote:Tim, as I understand it, Verizon's likely to have faster service in more areas but where their fast service isn't available, you're served with 3G speeds, which are pokey. ATT, on the other hand, may not have as fast service in as many places as Verizon, but where their fast service is not available, they still give you something noticeably faster than 3G.The two seem to be in hot competition, tho, so you're probably fine with either *overpriced* service.I tossed a coin and chose ATT, and it's been fine so far, here in southwest Ohio. LTE is *much* faster than 3G. I've been switching off the free public wifi, in fact, because it's far too slow. For most purposes - reading stuff on the web, say - you don't gobble up your quota, but beware of downloading large files - audiobooks, say, or record albums, or even lots of youtube videos - and you'll soon find your quota's been reached before month's end. I'm having to be careful about that - have already switched from the 3GB/month plan to the 5GB. Even 5GB is far too little if you do much of anything but read text. It's ridiculous.now i'm confused again...after much research with apple, verizon and sprint, i felt sure that getting a model 1460, which can be ordered with either verizon or sprint configuration, i would have the best unit for use in europe (and asia too) because that model can use more "local" sim cards for lte than the 1459 (att) can...but now, judging from what i read below, you guys are saying i should forget about lte service overseas and concentrate more on gsm and att because att has a better gsm delivery in europe and gsm is widespread there (probably in asia too, eh?)...am i understanding you correctly?
timby the way, david, what do you mean by att's "fallback"?On Dec 1, 2012, at 2:15 PM, David Smith wrote:That's one argument in favor of ATT - their fallback is faster than Verizon's.
Nor will there be demand for it, in the beginning, to undertake that sort of capital expenditure.
Best
PKS
From: Ed <huckleberryed@gmail.com>;
To: <iPad@yahoogroups.com>;
Subject: RE: [iPad] Re: Cancelled data plan renewed itself!
Sent: Thu, Nov 29, 2012 8:03:23 PM
Currently, yes. I don't think LTE has been implemented in Europe anywhere near to be able to match the ATT type GSM coverage.
Ed
From: iPad@yahoogroups.com [mailto:iPad@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Devitt
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 11:05 AM
To: iPad@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [iPad] Re: Cancelled data plan renewed itself!Ah. So ATT would still be the better choice if one wanted to use it in Italy, for example?
Cathy
Sent from my iPad CDMA and LTE technology is not the same. You are correct, CDMA is not used in European and other nations….but LTE is, albeit in its early stages.
Ed in Oregon
From: iPad@yahoogroups.com [mailto:iPad@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Devitt
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 10:19 AM
To: iPad@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [iPad] Re: Cancelled data plan renewed itself!
Really? I thought Verizon's CDMA system was not useable in Europe and ATT's GMS was. Has that changed?
Cathy
true?
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