If you download ringers via SMS, you know in advance how much the total cost for the ringer is (the messages are called premium SMS messages, and they cost much more than normal SMS messages would).

But, if you download with a wireless web browser, you have to pay, in addition to the cost of the Cingular ringtones, the fee for the airtime.

And if you don’t have a GPRS phone, the airtime can be very expensive over the long term (GSM technology is about 7-10 times slower than GPRS).

Therefore, it is recommended that you use the wireless web browser capability to download Cingular ringtones only if you have GPRS cell phone and a GPRS cell phone plan.

As a final note, if you shop around for Cingular ringtones, you can get your favorite tune for next to nothing, because the competition is so fierce in the GSM ringtones market. However, in that case you may have to pay for the Cingular ringers in a more inconvenient way (than the On Demand Service is).