On Jan 29, 1:44 pm, "Al" <alrosenf...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Should the download size, measured in KBs, of a downloaded Web page be
> the same regardless of the carrier and cellular phone model used?
>
> During a trip to Israel in November 2006, I rented Motorola i760
> phones from Amigo, which provides cellular service through MIRS
> Communication Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Motorola Israel. We
> were quite pleased with the quality of service and the coverage
> provided.
>
> Unfortunately, I just received a bill from Amigo, which charged me an
> astronomical amount for Web surfing (yeah, call me a junkie, as does
> my wife, along with some other choice names). At my request, I
> received a detail for the data charges, which indicates that each
> visited Web page equaled exactly 4KB of data. Most of my browsing was
> BBC-Mobile News, where the standard format is primarily text, with
> maybe a tiny graphic. I was not downloading music or video files.
>
> I used my US cellular phone -- a SamsungA707Sync, with service
> provided by Cingular -- to download many of the same (or similar)
> pages as listed on Amigo's detail, and my phone indicated that these
> pages seemed to average around 1300-1500 bytes, less than half what
> MIRS/Amigo claimed.
>
> Is it possible that the size of the same (or similar) Web page could
> vary so much between carriers and cell phone models? If not, I think
> MIRS or Amigo may be engaging in some questionable billing practices.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Al
I don't think they are inflating their billing practices (although I
would not rule that out) but it also depends on which route the
Carrier is taking for you to access these pages. For example with
Cingular I launch right off of the WAP deck without any issues, but
with other carriers they may take a different DNS route prior to
connecting you to the site. So, the best thing to do is to call and
see what they can tell you on how they access the web pages.
3GFreak
www.mobilevertigo.com
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