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Originally Posted by Harry T
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Originally Posted by xristy
Most of the world isn't connected sufficiently to make EVDO work effectively
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No, most of the world uses the internationally standard GSM technology for its phone networks, not the proprietory CDMA technology of EVDO. Many developing nations are jumping fixed-line networks altogether and going straight to GSM for their phone systems. Much of the "third world" has pretty good GSM coverage.
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I was focusing on EVDO since there's another thread where somebody listed a bunch of places like Rwanda that have some sort of EVDO service. My point was that most such places have limited connectivity to the internet of the developed world. Here in Nepal I am submitting via EDGE service which is pretty decent at about 128Kbps but costs around $0.08US/MB which starts getting expensive if you visit many modern websites and is outrageous if you want to download an audiobook or an OS update (Mac OS X 10.5.1 is 110MB = $8US to update the OS).