I work all over the place ... in West Bragg Creek at the moment :-) This is what I do. It's not cheap but it works.
I have an iPhone 4 on Rogers (Telus would be better ... I think their footprint is bigger) and a fat data plan. I carry around and Asus Transformer netbook/tablet running Android honeycomb. It has a killer battery life. I have a ssh client and VNC on the tablet. I also travel with an HP ProBook (running Ubuntu 10.04) which is my primary workstation. The iPhone is my phone and a wireless hot spot. When I don't have wifi, both machines can connect to the internet over 3G via the phone. I'm sure an android phone would do the same. I have an asterisk server with voip.ms, and IVR handling incoming calls and an extension that points to my cell. Been doing that for about 3 or 4 years (ish). Works great. Link 2 Voip (out of Edmonton I think) is a decent voip provider and can offer the same (hosted Asterisk VMs). At the end of the day I spend $100 to $150 a month on my phone (voice, data, text, etc). Like I said, it's not cheap but it works. The only thing I would change is move to Telus just for the bigger footprint. I actually travel with a Bell (shares Telus' network) prepaid SIM card (with small data) and pop that in the phone if Rogers doesn't have coverage where I happen to be. You obviously need a carrier unlocked phone to do that. Cheers, Greg On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 3:19 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Well that is really good to know. > > Does any other company offer a decent data link at a decent price. The > idea of $50 per month with ++ extra for anything sort of turns me off. I > think we should have a mesh running. I can buy all the coffee I can drink > for less than $50 per month. > > > On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 03:06:38PM -0600, Greg Saunders wrote: > > I'd stay away from Wind ... they have no coverage ... family member uses > > Wind and coverage is spotty even in the city. > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 3:04 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > K. > > > > > > rethink. > > > > > > I'll pick up a spare netbook for the OpenBSD thing. So I can forget > that > > > issue. > > > > > > On the mobile office basically I'll just need a machine which can run > say > > > Ubuntu then and I need to enable the WiFi so it can function as an AP > and to > > > back haul the Wind Data Stick offer looks fine. This gives me the > ability > > > to network into my office when I'm not in the office and with the AP I > > > should be able to run any cell phone and the link from the phone will > be > > > 802.11 to the AP which back hauls either through 3G or 4G or a mesh. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 02:33:29PM -0600, Gustin Johnson wrote: > > > > Running VMs on netbooks is painful, if it works at all. The Atom > > > > based netbooks (which is what powers the devices at the price point > > > > that you listed) do not have virtualization support and they are > > > > really just under-powered if you went the paravirtualized route or > > > > vmware 3.x. > > > > > > > > You may also have even sketchier support for the wifi device under > > > > BSD. I was a BSD guy in the 90's, but moved to Linux entirely with > > > > the release of Debian Slink, have not looked back since. > > > > > > > > The wireless device in the cheap netbook might be a Broadcomm Pile 'O > > > > Shite. In that case you probably won't be able to create an AP. > > > > Intel NICs are for the most part awesome, but not as easy to make > into > > > > an AP as something Atheros based. YMMV. I have had mixed success > > > > with some USB adapters. > > > > > > > > TLS/SSL does not really help you with shaping. These days traffic is > > > > simply profiled using a number of metrics, and then shaping is > > > > applied. The end result is that you can't avoid shaping, though I do > > > > not believe that this has to be a bad thing. > > > > > > > > <OT rant>Shaping in and of itself is not a bad thing. I do it to my > > > > home network for a reason. The discussion should not be about who > > > > shapes and who doesn't, but it should be about the fairness of that > > > > shaping. If Shaw shapes Netflix traffic so much that it degrades the > > > > quality of the product, well that is a bad thing. > > > > > > > > On the other hand shaping bittorrent traffic so that my connection is > > > > not flooded into uselessness by a neighbor is a good thing. Both > > > > sides of this so-called net-neutrality debate > > > > have an abundance of idiots who have no idea what they are talking > > > > about. This is not a zero sum game and both sides are going to need > > > > to work together. I am not optimistic. > > > > </OT rant> > > > > > > > > There have been several attempts to get a community based civic mesh > > > > network off the ground over the past few years. I am interested in > > > > participating if this gets beyond the wishing stage. > > > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 11:40 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I'm brain storming. > > > > > > > > > > I need a mobil office. Here is a plan. Does it work? Does it > make > > > any sense? > > > > > > > > > > 1) I pick up a netbook ($169) - install say Ubuntu on it but I'd > like > > > triple boot with say Ubuntu, OpenBSD and (uggh) winders. I'd like a > Lion > > > on it too! Poss through a VM. > > > > > > > > > > 2) I set up a 3G or 4G link via say Wind for $29 / month. This > gives > > > me unlimnited data they say. > > > > > > > > > > 3) I enable the netbook as a WiFi AP and set up DHCPD. Thus it is > a > > > router and via the 3G link I should be able to configure it into my > home > > > network. > > > > > > > > > > 4) Thus I now have a mobile office. > > > > > > > > > > 5) I need to take my new gr 10 student with me until school starts > and > > > she needs help with geometry and I need to be at a job site. Via the > AP > > > she's got a mobile office. She can hit her old school in NYC and work > on > > > her assignments and if she needs help I'm there to help her. > > > > > > > > > > (BTW. For her geometry I'm coaching for 100%'s.) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 6) I aquire say a Motorola Photon (not urgent). I'm going to need > to > > > open that puppy up. When I do so and as part of this I want to make an > > > image of whatever is in there so that if it gets bricked I can reflash > it. > > > Meanwhile I'm going to be setting up what I need. > > > > > > > > > > Moto blur has to die. So does all the other crapola. I don't even > > > know what it is yet. > > > > > > > > > > 7) Perhaps we install Asterisk on the netbook and perhaps we > install it > > > in a server back in my office. I have not thought this through. > > > > > > > > > > 8) We put the phone into airplane mode and totally shut it off from > the > > > telcos. > > > > > > > > > > 9) Since I will always be reasonably close to the netbook and it > has > > > the 3G data link I should be able to run VoIP back into my office and > the > > > asterisk server if necessary. > > > > > > > > > > 10) By doing this I get unlimited local calls. No roaming. > unlimited > > > North American LD if I want to tie in a land based plan back in my > office. > > > > > > > > > > 11) We tunnel back through TLS so they can't shape traffic. If > they do > > > the answer is dump the vendor. > > > > > > > > > > 12) I want the multi-boot because I want that mobile netbook to be > > > available as a hot spare for other things back in the office and to > serve as > > > a neat demo machine. > > > > > > > > > > 13) We then tie the mobile netbook into hot spots and set up a city > > > wide mesh for all CLUG (and I want to invite CUUG) and sister groups > who > > > think doing a project like this will be fun. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What have I missed? Other than this might be a project that will > prove > > > we are worthy? > > > > > > > > > > Terr. > > > > > > > > > > I'll buy the netbook and put it on-line on a static IP so all > > > participants can work with it. Be nice to have conferencing set up. > We > > > should be able to do this. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------ > > > > > > > > > > Also I've been talking with a nurse from Zimbawe (very serious) and > > > she's trying to set up something for her village and next her country > which > > > is very corrupt. If we can pull this off then her team might be very > > > interested and we might get some funding. > > > > > > > > > > I'd like to do something to help corrupt 3rd world countries. OLPC > I > > > think will fit into this. > > > > > > > > > > If we can get this running then the genie is out of the bottle as I > see > > > it. > > > > > > > > > > One way for CLUG / CUUG is to extend for anyone (the guinea pigs) > an > > > opportunity to open their WiFi and turn it into a club hot spot for say > a > > > membership in a BOF (birds of a feather) project so that as ppl drive > around > > > their minuets will be routed to our network and not Ma Bell's. > > > > > > > > > > But those thoughts are waayyy down the track. > > > > > > > > > > Is this possible? Can we do it? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Terr > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 06:45:05PM -0600, [email protected]: > > > > >> > > > > >> I did a google search looking for the next install fest and this > came > > > up: > > > > >> > > > > >> http://www.clug.ca/node/423 > > > > >> > > > > >> I presume this is scheduled for 2012/05/13 since there seems to be > no > > > reference to the year. > > > > >> > > > > >> I called Dave Watkins and he advised me he doesn't know about this > > > yet. > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> I'd like to make a suggestion that CLUG schedual say 3-4 install > fests > > > per year (presuming there is enough interest) and that this be posted > > > prominently on the CLUG website. I think it should be advertized at > SAIT > > > and the UofC and perhaps CLUG can alternate between these locations. > Other > > > suggestions are welcome. > > > > >> > > > > >> Also depending on my availablilty I will volunteer to help. > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> That being said I'd like some install help. I have a machine > which > > > lacks a CD and floppy and I think the only way to get an O/S installed > in it > > > is via a USB boot. I have NEVER set up a USB boot before. > > > > >> > > > > >> In fact I have no USB devices other than a memory stick. > > > > >> > > > > >> I want to put in Ubuntu Linux - probably with all the bells and > > > whistles. I also want to get a VM running and a running image of some > of > > > the (ugg) winders stuff. (like NT 4.0) and maybe even DOS. > > > > >> > > > > >> One of the reasons for DOS is that I have quite a lot of > specialized > > > DOS software that I would like to get running. Some is my own code > which > > > drives plotters via an RS232 I/F. > > > > >> > > > > >> If I can get this running somehow it would be great. I tried > either > > > DOSEMU or DOSBOX on this machine (Debian Sarge) and it crashed the > system as > > > I recall. > > > > >> > > > > >> I'd probably like to get OS/2 running in a VM as well if possible > > > because I happen to have some apps which I bought years ago which might > be > > > nice to run. > > > > >> > > > > >> Of course I can do all this myself but just like most others I do > not > > > find frustrations to be rewarding. Maybe I can help others in return > for > > > some help setting up some pretty fancy stuff. > > > > >> > > > > >> In addition I think CLUG should invite CUUG and any other sister > > > groups to help share the work and the fun. > > > > >> > > > > >> Terr > > > > >> > > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > > > >> clug-talk mailing list > > > > >> [email protected] > > > > >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > > > >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > > > >> **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > clug-talk mailing list > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > > > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > > > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > clug-talk mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > clug-talk mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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