There's a lot of CDMA in North America. My service from Verizon is CDMA. AT&T is primarily TDMA but beginning, tentatively, to move to GSM. Otherwise, there's very little GSM in North America. On Tue, 18 Dec 2001, simon wrote: > Hi you might want to research the cellular network known as CDMA , > we have it here in new zealand as a competitor to gsm, it has a current > speed here of 14.4kbps, but is very soon to go up to 144kbps, and again in > the next year telecom nz are saying it will increase to something around > 256k, before the intro of 3g phones within the next 24 months. > the phones connect with a cable to the rs232 (serial com) port of the pc or > laptop. and I have a feelling that you can also get usb connections also. > > the cdma is i beleave available in the usa parts of asia and europe, but is > not yet well known. it is only 5 months old here in new zealand, but I > would look into it as it seems to work fine for data linkups. > > simon 10:19 AM 12/17/01 +0100, you 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 > > > 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