Is there are fast wireless card that can be

[elazarus]

used internationally.

Verizon has the Ev-Do but it is domestic only. the edge Cards are about 53kbs even though they say 100kb.....

I am will T-Mobile for Blackberry service but will go to any provider for a fast wireless internet card.

Thank you

Elliot

[budney]

You may want to check out AT&T. They have the SE GC83 EDGE PC Modem Card. You can get it for free with a 2 year contract, with their $79.99 unlimited EDGE/GPRS plan.

SE EDGE Card

[elazarus]

Thanks...but it seems that the Edge is so slow....130 is maximum and mostly 75-85....where the Ev-do is 400 but is not international.

E

[budney]

I have heard that with the data compession software that should be included, speeds can get up to 200+ with the card.

[agentHibby]

aboutbody did any testing on WCDMA for data transfer yet?

[budney]

I don't know if there are any data cards with WCDMA. I havn't heard that much about WCDMA on the forums yet.

[TProphet]

It's rare that you'll find anything faster than GPRS overseas anyway; that runs at 56Kbps (although the latency is very high). At least, this is in my experience--your mileage may vary.

BTW, data roaming isn't included with most data plans. Once you see the international data roaming rates, you may have second thoughts!

[elazarus]

I have used the data roaming on the card when i was with A T & T and for me it was $15-$20 a month....it is .015 KB

I did not know that Roaming internationally was only 56k...poor Europeans....and wi-fi won't work.

[ShoresGuy]

Yup there are so-called UMTS (3GSM) data cards which use the new 3G/UMTS networks here in Europe but it's not 100% built-out yet as UMTS launched commercially earlier this year in places like the UK, Germany, Italy, Sweden and others.

http://www.vodafone.co.uk/cgi-bin/CO...cegjdgnfdffm.0


http://www.o2online.de/o2/interessen...bot/index.html

[elazarus]

but it won't work in the U.S. or will it go backwards (whatever the right word is) to use our system?

Thanks

E

[TProphet]

ATTWS has UMTS in 4 cities in the US (including Seattle). However, it operates on a different frequency than in Europe, so it's unlikely that UMTS cards sold there are interoperable with the US system (and vice-versa).

[dallison]

i think the umts only works in japan or china also

[ShoresGuy]

ATTWS has UMTS in 4 cities in the US (including Seattle). However, it operates on a different frequency than in Europe, so it's unlikely that UMTS cards sold there are interoperable with the US system (and vice-versa).

Correct, in the US UMTS is running at 1900 Mhz whereas in Europe and Japan (Vodafone Japan, not sure about NTT or the other Japanese networks), it's at 2100 Mhz.

[TProphet]

China barely has GPRS and they're just starting to roll out 1xRTT--I was there last month, so trust me on this one.

Japan has UMTS, but it operates on a different frequency than either Europe or the US (as ShoresGuy correctly pointed out). There is, however, a GSM1900 network in place for roamers so GPRS is a viable solution there.

i think the umts only works in japan or china also