Not here in the States that I'm aware of. It's strictly by time online here. On Tue, 18 Dec 2001, simon wrote: > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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