ICE
May Delay Start of Datacard and Netbook
Service
The Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad
(ICE) had announced that it would start
selling its datacards and netbooks beginning
tomorrow, Monday, December 21, that takes
advantage of the wide band internet
capabilities of the 3G cellular network.
However, don't be disappointed if that does
not happen.
ICE officials said over the weekend that
there may be a delay in marketing the
technology, a first in Costa Rica.
Jaime Palermo, the director of the División
de Clientes, said that all ICE agencies have
already been getting the equipment, but
there is the slight problem of
certification, which could delay the
program.
The service will allow users to connect to
the internet with the portable computers or
netbooks purchased from ICE, over the 3G
cellular network, with speeds from 512Kb to
1.5Mb.
For a perspective, a typical dial up
connection over a fixed line is 56Kb at
best, and over the GSM network at 128Kb,
down to 64Kb is the phone is being used
simultaneously in a call.
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