Actually I believe there are cards that will let you use a mobile phone as an audio connection - in principle capable of giving you 56k... chaals On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Gil Andre wrote: 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 | \-------------------------------------/ _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Charles McCathieNevile http://www.w3.org/People/Charles phone: +61 409 134 136 W3C Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI fax: +1 617 258 5999 Location: 21 Mitchell street FOOTSCRAY Vic 3011, Australia (or W3C INRIA, Route des Lucioles, BP 93, 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France)