cellular net access?

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I do want to stream audio with it, actually, maybe not the thing then.
What's this wireless web I've heard of capable of, can it be used with a PC?
At 07:19 AM 12/17/01 -0500, you wrote:
>yes, but you can't do much other than check email with it it seems
>because of instability in the connection and the strain on the pipe.  Go
>america has this in some areas and if you want to surf the web and pull
>audio or highly graphical pages it is a no go.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Charles McCathieNevile" <charles@w3.org>
>To: <blinux-list@redhat.com>
>Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 4:26 AM
>Subject: Re: cellular net access?
>
>
>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.
>  >
>
>
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