Re:Technology speed (Score 1)

I am making an assumption, with this one, but I assume you are using one of the Cingular Wireless PCMCIA data cards in the United States that lets you roam internationally on any GSM network, possibly the Sierra or the Sony Ericsson, and you are not in a UMTS network area such as North Texas. If that is the case, the reason the network speeds in the United States are slower than they are out of the country is because UMTS is not available everywhere as of yet. From what I can remember/gather from my last training session (I work for Cingular), there are only 6 UMTS networks that have been launched in the States, although they are working on many others. Overseas, UMTS is more readily available, and able to be accessed by your PC card. Once the UMTS network is available in your network, you will notice an increase in your access and especially your download speed. I have been on a UMTS signal once with a laptop and it knocked my socks off. Luckily...or unluckily as it now seems, the only place I was able to access the network was in my store bathroom.