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Sunday, December 08, 2002
Waiting on a wireless Net - Brendan I. Koerner, SLATE.COM
The nation’s half-dozen or so wireless titans have spent years developing “third-generation” networks, capable of zapping data to your hand-held device at broadband speeds. But billions of dollars into the upgrades, the wireless companies’ 3G efforts seldom top the performance of dial-up modems. Try downloading Ms. Pac-Man on one of those snazzy new Sprint PCS Vision phones, and you’ll learn firsthand why 3G’s still a long way off. That's a needless shame because there’s a 3G alternative that’s fast, reliable, and already here: Ricochet.
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