On Tue, 18 Dec 2001, Janina Sajka 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. Hence all the tribasnd phones sold by i.e. Moterola (Timeport models) > 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 > > > > -- slainte mhaith (good health), slainte (cheers) Uisce Beatha (water of live/health) ----------- Andor Demarteau E-mail: ademarte@students.cs.uu.nl student computer science www: http://www.students.cs.uu.nl/~ademarte/ Utrecht University irc: see webpage for details ----------- Believe in yourself, know what you want, and make it happen!