Do they make them pci, and with what carrier can I use them? At 04:26 AM 12/17/01 -0500, you wrote: >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) > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Blinux-list@redhat.com >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >