Funny thing about phone signal strength vs internet capability: At work I NEVER have any kind of signal problems with my PHONE (also an CDMA phone), the signal is always shown as 100%. Also with my modem I do have problems, and the solution the telephony company sugests is using an external antena for the modem to "stabilse" the signal.
Also at home I did use an external antena for a long while (until they installed an comunication tower less then 0.5 miles away from me :-) ) and I used to connect to an comunication tower about 20 km away (that's 12.5 miles). Also the signal level reported on the modem never got over 30%, the connection quality was UNBELIVEBLE! My connection quality is actually lower now (using the much closer communication tower) but I was able to get rid of the antena cable. One last thing about wireless networking before I move on to the PDA: Expect longer lag over the wireless network, no matter what the technology is. The network might be able to push the megabytes, but ping's will be slower. I noticed this slow-down on my laptop's 802.11g 54mbs wireless connection to my LAN. About the PDA: Don't you have a "truth in advertising" act? > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:delphi-talk- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Meek > Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 3:47 PM > To: 'Delphi-Talk Discussion List' > Subject: RE: OT...Wireless networking > > It's difficult getting a chance to try before you buy here. For > example, when I bought this PDA...it's a Samsung i700 running Microsoft, I > was told that it would interface with Bluetooth, and in the connections > tab > of Settings, there's even a Bluetooth management Icon. But when I got it > home and attempted to hook it up to my wireless mike I keep getting the > error that says there is no Bluetooth hardware on this device! I went > back > to the store where I bought the pda/pone and setup my contract and found > that it is non-returnable for ANY reason. They'll take the mike back but > not the PDA! And so far I've not been able to find out how or even if I > can > ever get this thing to work with Bluetooth! > When I talked to the people at Verizon about Wireless networking > they gave me the sales pitch, but wouldn't allow me to set up a trial > contract to see if it actually performs well or not. Their attitude being > that since my phone signal is so good up here it will be too. And they > may > be right because I'm on the south facing side of a high mountain about 8 > miles north of Harrisburg...the state capitol. I have line of sight to > the > entire city, but there are a few trees here and there that could get in > the > way. > > > from: Robert Meek at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > dba "Tangentals Design" home of "PoBoy" > freeware Windows apps and utilities > located at: www.TangentalsDesign.com > Proud to be a moderator for the > "Delphi Programming Lists" at: elists.org > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:delphi-talk- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Cosmin Prund > Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 6:07 AM > To: 'Delphi-Talk Discussion List' > Subject: RE: OT...Wireless networking > > If you're considering getting wireless internet access setup from your > mobile phone's provider, take the time to look into the technology used to > provide this service. You sad you're supposed to use your Pocket PC to > connect to your computer and you're using the same Pocket PC as a "voice" > device. If that's the case, the technology used to connect you to the > internet might be something like GPRS or CDMA, not 802.11b/g. > > At both my office AND my home in Romania I use wireless internet access > because I live/work at a remote location, about 20 km from the nearest > city > and there's no DSL or any other broadband connection available. > Unfortunately I'm using a CDMA-EvDO modem that's supposed to deliver up to > 2Mbps, but I'm using it an area without CDMA-EvDO coverage so it falls > back > to CDMA-1X and that's only 153kbps. > > In my opinion you should NOT get any kind of wireless access before you > can > test it ON SITE! There are lots of things that can affect performance, > including whether conditions (at my office things become really slow when > it's cloudy, while at home I have no such problems), geography (radio > beams > have a funny way of "jumping" from heel to heel), and network load. > Network > load is especially important if your network is a mobile-telephony > network: > on such networks VOICE traffic has the greatest priority, so if your > neighbor talks on the phone there's some chance your email will be put on > hold. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:delphi-talk- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Meek > > Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 12:38 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: OT...Wireless networking > > > > As I'm now forced to set up a whole new system, I'm considering the > > idea of switching to a different type of Internet access while I'm at > it. > > At my old address I had Comcast Broadband cable and it was great! > > Very fast, no lag when playing games on-line, and very dependable. But > > where I'm at now the ONLY thing available is thru Sprint and their > > supposed > > broadband DSL service! In fact I can't even get a different phone > carrier > > here so I abandoned my phone and am using the line strictly for DSL. I > > bought a new Windows based Pocket PC, which includes a cell phone, for > > voice > > communications. > > Still however, this DSL seems to be a lot less than what they > > promised or what others who have competitive DSL accounts get. > Sometimes > > it > > crawls along at less than average dial-up speeds, and other times it > > requires constant re-booting in order to keep it working at all! > > Anyway, my wireless phone account is through Verizon, and they also > > offer broadband wireless internet access that can be used via the pocket > > PC > > and/or a desktop system, and not only would it be cheaper all around, > but > > it's advertisements also quotes speeds that are better than DSL service! > > Does anyone out there use a wireless setup? If so I'd appreciate > > hearing back from you, whether your experiences are good or bad. > > Primarily > > I need to know if there are different types that need consideration, or > > different modem/router configurations that can effect overall speed, if > > it's > > a reliable system 24/7, if the download and upload speeds under actual > use > > are as good as I've been led to believe, and if there are any hidden > > problems associated with them, such as long lag times when playing > online > > games like Battlefield 2. Although this last item isn't a priority, I > DO > > like to take a break late at night and spend an hour or two getting rid > of > > my aggressions! <g> It really helps when I get stuck on a particular > > problem! > > > > Lastly, I have a lot of information on my laptop that I would like > > to move over to my new desktop when it arrives. Unfortunately neither > the > > CD-RW or the floppy on the laptop work at all and so the only way I can > > transfer this stuff is via a direct connection. Can that be > accomplished > > in > > a peer to peer network between two machines just using an Ethernet to > > Ethernet cable, or an Ethernet to USB? All the data I had on networking > > is > > also gone of course, and I don't remember what it said about setting a > > system up to do this. Note, I do NOT want to have to go out and buy > > another > > piece of software, like Norton's PC AnyWhere, just to enable this > ability > > for a couple of days! > > > > from: Robert Meek at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > dba "Tangentals Design" home of "PoBoy" > > freeware Windows apps and utilities > > located at: www.TangentalsDesign.com > > Proud to be a moderator for the > > "Delphi Programming Lists" at: elists.org > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Delphi-Talk mailing list -> [email protected] > > http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk > > > __________________________________________________ > Delphi-Talk mailing list -> [email protected] > http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk > > __________________________________________________ > Delphi-Talk mailing list -> [email protected] > http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk __________________________________________________ Delphi-Talk mailing list -> [email protected] http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk
