you can find out some information on cdma by checking out the telecom nz site at http://www.telecom.co.nz, sorry I can't think off the top of my head what the rest of the address is, but it's something along the lines of wireless/cdma1 but if you follow the links it's given some good info on the developments in the network. simonAt 11:31 AM 12/18/01 -0600, you wrote: >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. >>> >> >>> > >>> > >>> >/-------------------------------------\ >>> >| 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 >> >> > > > >_______________________________________________ > >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