Community Matters

Here’s something I think is really missing. Some vendors (like RIM with their BlackBerry service) manage to offer you a basically global data rate that allows you to access your email in any country with a GPRS or EDGE network (which means all but Japan, Korea and a couple more countries) at an affordable price.

But no one seems to be able to offer something similar for EDGE modem service (either through a USB modem, or through a phone like the Motorola Ming or others that can offer data service via Bluetooth) so that you could use your computer over this service. The international data rates that AT&T or T-Mobile will offer you are just simply outrageous – checking email can cost you ten dollars if you are in a different country.

I’ll keep searching…