cellular net access?

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



Hi!

Sorry -- as far as I know, that does not exist anymore. The
only solution close to that bandwidth was Ricochet (wireless
networking) but that company is dead. Or close to death and
Chapter 11, anyway.

GSM networks only allow 9.6 Kbps uplink and downlink -- which
is barely usable. Other radio networks (non-GSM) should not be
much better, and do not offer the communication quality of 
GSM.

To get close to that kind of speed, the only solution I can
think of is satellite phone/modems (such as Intelsat), which
gives you up to 36.6 Kbps anywhere in the world, but the price
is prohibitive... To say the least.

Your best bet? Wait for the 3G phones (next-generation GSM).
These promises HUGE speed increases -- up to 128.8 Kbps, if I
remember well -- but they won't be in use for another 3 years.
And they will be deployed first in Europe, not in the USA.

Sorry!  =(


On Sun, 16 Dec 2001 21:50:02 -0600
Brent Harding <bharding@doorpi.net> wrote:

>Is there any good way to get cellular access to the Internet in the
> states at at least 28.8 k using my computer to get online? I don't care
> what OS I must use as long as it's not required to upgrade to millenium or
> xp, staying with 98 and linux. If it's a pcmcia card, is there a pci to
> pcmcia adapter that I can put the card in a desktop system? Thanks.
> 


/-------------------------------------\
|   Gil Andre -- Technical Writer     |
|Knox Software: http://www.arkeia.com |
|     email: gandre@arkeia.com        |
\-------------------------------------/





[Index of Archives]     [Linux Speakup]     [Fedora]     [Linux Kernel]     [Yosemite News]     [Big List of Linux Books]