Sprint broadband is either a wireless or satellite provider that big. There uplink is about 56 K and there downlink has the potential to be as fast as a t1 I've heard. Gane communications is a wireless provider here it's high speed. There's also something called Broadcloud for laptops which is a much lower speed, 28K for the subscription and 56K or more if you buy the expensive software. If you're in the middle of nowhere there's always the option of using a cellphone with a data cable. Slashdot might have some good refferences about wireless and Linux. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Deedra Waters" <dmwaters@xxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 4:13 PM Subject: Re: DialUp/DSL/Cable/Satellite > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Actually, there are a couple of isps who have wireless. We have two isps here that are doing it, and I know of at least 3 others that are doing it. > > As to how available it is in areas, that I don't know, but isps do have it > > On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, Alex Snow wrote: > > > > from what I've heard wireless is mostly available in apartment > > buildings and multifamily houses where everyone shares a t1 or > > something. It's not like there are wireless isps that transmit a > > strong enough signal for people miles away to pick it up though using > > regular 802.11b hardware and the right antenas you can transmit pretty > > far... > > On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 04:22:14PM -0600, Deedra Waters wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > Hmm, I'm not fully sure about satelite, but wireless is another option. I have a friend who uses wireless, and it seems to work well. > > > > > > - From what I gather, wireless is starting to become a very popular option lately. > > > On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, Ralph W. Reid wrote: > > > > > > > The discussions of ISP services recently have been focused on DSL vs > > > > cable MODEMs. Has anyone tried a satellite ISP? Do any of them > > > > work with LINUX and Speakup? It's not a critical issue, but I wonder > > > > if a satellite link might work with LINUX where other services are > > > > not available or desirable. > > > > > > > > Thanks for your comments, and have a _great_ day! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - -- > > > Gentoo Linux: dmwaters at gentoo.org, > > > http://www.gentoo.org > > > > > > Freenode staff member: dmwaters at freenode.net , http://www.freenode.net > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > > > > > > iD8DBQE/2O4cU5AGPOTGNc8RAr5QAJ4kSM7xrTS5z4n3v10z+0y0AbhqxwCdHrr6 > > > Kz7tepu/hIRyVZQ2Y5/woRw= > > > =lDmu > > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > - -- > Gentoo Linux: dmwaters at gentoo.org, > http://www.gentoo.org > > Freenode staff member: dmwaters at freenode.net , http://www.freenode.net > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE/2PopU5AGPOTGNc8RAtgsAJ9vEdvTQ+nBaZDxUJq0ONFr5NOszQCcC3K+ > NmL7KTrz5oWE2fUmm6Su4pI= > =2xPJ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
