don't most cellular co charge by the amount being downloaded? in which case even just getting your mail could be rather costly! At 11:33 AM 12/17/01 -0600, you wrote: >Oh, I suppose minutes go easily, even if I were able to get 2800 night and >weekend, and 200 any time, the 200 minutes is only 3 hours and 20 minutes >of use, the 2800 is almost two days of constant use depending on what they >consider night and weekends, whether night is after 5, or any other time. >At 10:02 AM 12/17/01 -0500, you wrote: >>If you mean that you want to use a modem over a cellular telephone >>connection, yes, you can do that if you have the requisite equipment and >>accounts. Obviously, you need a cell phone account, and you need a modem >>that knows how to use cellular, or a modem that can talk to a cell phone. >>My solution is the latter. My Audiovox 9000 has a data port and I connect >>to it over a serial cable. It is only 9.6, though. I don't know of >>anything faster. And, it can get expensive quickly because you can eat up >>the minutes very quickly this way. >> >> On Sun, 16 Dec 2001, Brent Harding >>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. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>> Blinux-list@redhat.com >>> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >>> >> >>-- >> >> Janina Sajka, Director >> Technology Research and Development >> Governmental Relations Group >> American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) >> >>Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 >> >>Chair, Accessibility SIG >>Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) >>http://www.openebook.org >> >>Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, >>Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp >> >>Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther >>King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at >>http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp >> >>Learn how to make accessible software at >>http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >> >>Blinux-list@redhat.com >>https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >> >> > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Blinux-list@redhat.com >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > Dunedin, NZ Hm Ph: +64-03-4771633 mobile Ph: +64-027-4849896 Email: Blinky@earthlight.co.nz Fogsi461@student.otago.ac.nz