"...
result in the amount of data being sent through the GPRS network
to be only about 10%, or less, of what it otherwise would be ..."
The mailSpeed network and remote access mobile email
software is designed to increase the efficiency of data transmissions,
using a series of both known and proprietary methods that together
accelerate a network connection by a factor of up to 10.
This increased speed is irrespective of the
type of network being used: fixed, mobile or wireless. It is clear
that the slower the connection is and/or the more expensive it
is to use, the great the savings will be in cash terms for the
mailSpeed user.
The
biggest time and money savings can be made on mobile or cellular
phones of all types, even including Satellite phones. All are
slow in terms of data transmission speed and expensive to a varying
degree. The most frequently used standard today is GSM, with GPRS
becoming more and more frequently available.
GSM - the Global Standard
for Mobility - is designed specifically for voice transmission
and this type of service can also be "data enabled"; as such it
has a slow rate of transmission, about 9,600 bps or less depending
on various conditions, such as the radio cell being connected
to and the level of traffic on that cell at any given time.
To determine the level
of speed and cost for this kind of connection, one can use the
rule of thumb that it takes approximately 20 minutes
to send 1 Mb of data over a GSM connection and the user is charged
a fee per minute for the connection. By comparison, 1 Mb of data
through mailSpeed using GSM is a about 2 minutes 20 seconds.
"General
Packet Radio Service" is - as the name implies - a packed
switched network and therefore designed specifically to send and
receive packet data, at network speeds of about 54,000 bps: a
newer and considerably quicker way of sending and receiving information
using a mobile connection.
As with ADSL (or broadband),
this is an "always on" connection. It is not billed by the minute
but by the amount of data being sent and received. So with GPRS
you pay as you consume - e.g. at the rate of £2.55 plus VAT for
every Mb of data you send or download, making these mobile data
services quite expensive.
However the good news for mailSpeed customers using General Packet Radio
Services is that the efficiency of mailSpeed here is 10 to
20% better than over GSM. This generally would result in the
amount of data being sent through the GPRS network to be only
about 10%, or less, of what it otherwise would be!
By using a GPRS enabled
phone or PC Card, with a compatible PC laptop you are always connected
to internet services and you can access your email wherever you
are including while traveling abroad to enable access as if you
were at home.
The savings are even
more dramatic on the exuberant roaming charges (which can be as
high as £10 plus VAT per Mb of downloaded data) and which are
considerably higher than "local" access charges.
With GPRS you can remain
connected as long as you wish, as charging is based on the amount
of information you send or receive, not for the time you're connected
as it is with GSM.
These savings do not take into account the
benefit of mailspeed's unique AutoRestore
function. With AutoRestore, if connections are interrupted in
mid session - a frequent occurrence on any mobile network - mailSpeed
restarts sending or receiving data from the point where it stopped,
not from the beginning again. This is a hugely important feature
of this remote email access software.
