On Fri, 2004-10-22 at 03:40, Pete Theisen wrote:
> Hi Everybody!
>
> Anyone know of a good wireless broadband to use in Florida? I mean go
> from place to place even mobile like a cell phone with a PCMCIA card or
> something stuck into the notebook. Is there anything?
>
> Of course, this *has* to work with Linux as well as Window$.
>
> Regards,
>
> Pete
At the end of last year I sat next to a guy on a plane coming back from
San Diego and he was looking over some reports. I also noticed his neat
little pcmcia card with an antenna and thought hmmm.....CDPD or is it a
new type of data access?? So I listened to the little voice in my head
and decided to ask what that card was. Turns out, he was a pilot market
tester for verizon on a new broadband card. He boasted that some of the
areas he went through gave him report speeds of 800 kbps!! I was
amazed. He said that it would be on the market soon. A few weeks ago I
remembered that flight and went searching for the technology. Below is
what I found on verizon's site.
http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/mobileoptions/broadband/index.jsp
snip from site
High Speed
Verizon Wireless BroadbandAccess is one of the fastest, fully mobile
wireless Internet data solutions available. Quickly download complex
files and view email attachments at typical speeds of 300-500 kbps,
capable of reaching speeds up to 2 Mbps^. Access your mission-critical
data and applications behind the corporate firewall and get the answers
you need with customers in the field right there. ***
You'll need the data-only Verizon Wireless PC 5220 card*
installed in your laptop
* $79.99 monthly access gets you unlimited Verizon Wireless
NationalAccess and BroadbandAccess service**
Mike Branda Jr.
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