Heardd that sprint uses cdma. Wh then, if everything's using mostly cdma or gsm, do I need different phones for each cell company? Or is it like dsl, in that each type of modem and isp use different protocols based on the same thing? I know that with dsl that's true, but cell shouldn't be. At 03:11 PM 12/18/01 +1300, you 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 > >