[TheForge] OT what a crock

[Ben Barrett]

Satellite is of course very latent (you can indeed get high
throughput, but the latency is the time it takes for round trip
satellite communicae, with switching times it often adds up to ~1 1/2
seconds).

Using a cellphone as a modem is a decent option, many cellphones do
have serial/usb connections and have hayes-compatible modems built
into their chipsets, but these often
only achieve 19.2kbps max.  The newer data modes, up through the
current EVDO, are much faster, and do indeed rival low-end wired
DSL's.  I mentioned line-of-sight not for satellite wireless, but for
terrestrial wireless.... some providers are offering private-spectrum
wireless, some are offering commercial 802.11* (any, a/b/g/n/etc), and
you can also use this unlicensed 802.11 (2.4GHz AKA 2400MHz, microwave
up to a couple hundred milliwatts) for networking -- I've seen nice
long-distance setups and have read about valleys where neighbors
collaborate to share uplink this way.  In some cases, a passive
repeater on a hill or other blockage can overcome that crook in the
crrek :)

Here is some neat DIY wifi stuff:  http://www.usbwifi.orcon.net.nz/
search around, there's tons more -- just avoid the pringles and go
with dinty moore or a strainer...
(antenna help here, not dietary!)

best of luck,

ben


On 5/12/07, dann at wctatel.net <dann at wctatel.net> wrote:
>
> Kim,
>
> My son used his verizon cell phone as a wireless computer modem for his
> laptop. He didn't use the super speed connection computer card.. just the
> phone as a modem.  it wasn't the fasted, but worked.   He did most of his
> phone-modem work in the free night time and weekend periods.  I think that
> sprint and some other cell phone like sprint companies offer universal
> wireless dsl modem cards for laptop.
>
> My brother is out of range for DSL, and is being pushed towards a
> satellite DSL.  Those aren't cheap yet.
>
> Dann
>
> > My isp kent state Just let me know that I have to get a new ISP because
> > their doing away with their modems because of low traffic volume. Since
> > this was free I now have to get another. Road runner is too expensive, I'm
> > too far away from the switching center for dsl. So the question is what's
> > available? The wife wants juno because it's $10 a month  is there any
> > thing
> > out there that's better for only a little more money?
> >
> > Kim George
> >
> >        "Why for you burry me in cold,cold ground?" Taz
> >
> >
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