You need different phones. CDMA and GSM are radically different. On Tue, 18 Dec 2001, Brent Harding wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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