The Washington Post : Business – Next Generation’s Wireless Web Is Still Painfully Slow. For the past month, I’ve been trying out the cell phone of the future.
If you have a job where on-the-go Web access from a laptop is an absolute requirement, this service, even with its limits, could make sense. Otherwise, why not — as some VoiceStream users have asked in the alt.cellular.gsm.carriers.voicestream newsgroup — just look for the nearest phone jack when you need to get on the Internet?