Pete Theisen wrote:
> Mike Branda wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>
> Hi Mike!
>
> Interesting, thanks.
>
> Regards,
>
> Pete
>
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Hey Guys just an FYI. When I did get the 5220 Sierra card working with
linux it would time out every few minutes. I found a few work arounds.
It seems that Verizon is using a software called Veritas to do the
compression to increase the speed. The bad news is so far I have not
been able to find that software for linux. It would make a difference
in speed.
Just wanted to let you know.
Later
Caleb
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