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Gsm is what we use on speak freely. Works pretty good. Not sure that
there's a cdma codec on the computer to properly do a direct comparison of
what the sound quality would be like.
At 09:58 AM 12/18/01 -0500, you wrote:
>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.
>> >> 
>> >
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