[kalleboo]

Before this fancy GPRS thing, we used to have something called CSD (circuit-switched data), where your phone could use a raw GSM voice circuit to send data instead of digital audio.

I think we lost that feature in the transition to 3G.

[vidarh]

GSM data still only gave you 9600bps, though.

[kalleboo]

The later versions let you bundle multiple channels (at n times the cost) to reach 57 kbps http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Speed_Circuit-Switched_Dat...