the phones for cdma we have here in nz are very easy to connect to the net using laptops and cell phone, it has a cable as I said that plugs into rs232 and the phone, then just a case of setting up the connection 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. >> >> >> > >> > >> >/-------------------------------------\ >> >| 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 > > > >_______________________________________________ > >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