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The type of network or internet signal

1. GPRS(General Packet Radio Service)   GPRS is a packet-based  wireless communication service. It is a 2G technology network that support a download speed of up to 114Kbps. Limitation of GPRS is that GPRS data can't be sent while a voice call is in progress. - Generally, you will only see this connection speed in the middle of nowhere (between Grahamstown and Hogsback for example) and just about every device has support for this connection. 2. EDGE(Enhanced Data GSM Evolution)  GPRS and EDGE are both 2G technology but EDGE is significantly faster with a download speed of up to 384Kbps. EDGE is sometimes called a 2.5G network as it also has some characteristics of a 3G network but it doesn't satisfy the specification. - Generally, you will only see this connection speed in the middle of nowhere (between Grahamstown and Hogsback for example) and just about every device has support for this connection. 3. 3G Introduction of 3G network made video calling and seamless stre...