Wireless data transfer speeds hold the promise of moving from today's dial-up pace to hundreds of kilobits per second, but that promise has a high price tag attached, and demand so far has been flimsy. Given the prohibitive expense and the current yawning response from consumers, the speed of wireless tech is not likely to max out anytime soon.
Such wireless standards as GPRS (general packet radio service) and CDMA (code division multiple access) theoretically could speed data throughput to 115 kbps and 144 kbps, respectively, but that theory has not yet been put into practice on a wide scale.
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