The Internet is packet switched, meaning each individual packet is routed from the source to the destination separately, and possibly through different paths.

An example of a circuit-switched network would be the telephone network, where a connection from one end to the other is created and maintained until the call is disconnected.

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Tristan Santos Bigay

Computer networks would be packet switched whereas a phone network would be circuit switched. Obviously packet switched are going to be alot more reliable and apparantly cheaper and less harder on the environment.

Here's from the N800 Manual:

To use a packet switched data service in a cellular network, such as GPRS, select Packet Data.

To use a circuit switched data service in a cellular network, such as HSCSD, select Data Call.