[Vanhackspace] Motorola Milestone, Rogers data plan?

[Tim Bray]

Oh, and something else.  If you get a Nexus One, there are two models.
 Inside google we call them the Passion and the Passion-A.  The "A"
variation can do 3G on the frequencies used by AT&T & Rogers (and
hardly anyone anywhere else in the world), and is hard to get, they've
just started being shipped.  -T

On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 9:32 AM, Alexandre Harvey <alex at pixelfactor.ca> wrote:
> Anyone know if the ones from mobile604.com are American or Canadian
> unlocked? That maybe a way to get an American unlocked unit. Been
> considering getting one myself for the past few weeks.
>
> As for the whole keyboard debate, I would only add that a keyboard can be
> nice since it can give you back some screen real estate while typing, say at
> a ssh shell, or at least that is my current thought and one of the reasons
> I'm considering the Milestone.
>
> Alex
>
> On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 6:43 AM, Colin Keigher <colin at keyboardcowboy.ca>
> wrote:
>>
>> Speaking based on experience, Rogers' rural coverage of HSDPA has been
>> rather decent. I was in the middle of Shuswap Lake getting about 3 Mbit.
>> Of course, the islands and Shuswap Lake are two different beasts, but I
>> would take a bet on both having the same reasonable coverage.
>>
>> With that said, EVDO coverage out in the sticks has been rather shoddy
>> for me. Our office has a connection in Central Vancouver Island and it
>> works, but it will have some nasty latency and speed issues. You're
>> going to have to roll the dice I guess.
>>
>> - Colin
>> >
>> > OK, I'd be suprised if Telus HSPA worked out there.  I'm sure CDMA
>> > works fine, and perhaps a Telus EVDO USB modem work work out there if
>> > they're selling them.
>> >
>>
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