On Saturday 28 October 2006 00:11, Bob Stia wrote:
> I have available a late model Mac to let her use. The hospital does not
> have wi-fi in the patients rooms so I am thinking cell phone modem.
>
The cost using a cell phone can be pretty high, unless you have free phone to
phone calls. Plus the speed is pretty slow. Seems more likely to have a
better success with a modem.
I had a laptop and a cell phone that connected to a pcmcia card. But I was not
very excited about the cost/performance. This was some 6 years ago so it may
have changed.
Now if you bring it in and set it up the hospital may be willing to order the
broadband connection. Have a talk with the administrator showing how it will
improve patients experience at their hospital.
You'll need to get a firewall solution so they don't get hacked while there.
It should not offer any inbound connections, only outbound. I'd block all in
and outbound except for web and email. Chat's use a very insecure protocol
and I'm wary when allowing it. Otherwise it could be an easy implementation,
I don't use WiFi so I don't know ranges and so on, but get like I said I'd be
surprised if the administrator would not be interested in something that
makes patients stay more pleasant.
--Steve Szmidt
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