Oh yes, we do have truth in advertising laws! Enforcing them
however is another story! <g> Last night I finally got a reply direct from
Samsung, the PDA brand, and they said that the PDA I have is Bluetooth
compatible BUT for some reason when it's packaged for Verizon, it's not sold
configured for Bluetooth. I don't quite understand that except possible it
means the chip Verizon uses in that particular PDA/Phone is non-Bluetooth,
or they change it in some other way? But I also found out that I can use a
Bluetooth headset with an adapter to get the same benefits.
I also checked and found out that Verizon wireless offers a 2mps
speed, but only under optimal conditions. And with the probability of even
worse lag than I'm getting now I guess that idea is shot down altogether.
I'll just have to keep my fingers crossed that the little cable company that
controls this particular area, and which is surrounded by Comcast service on
all sides, will either get their digital lines up soon, or will sell out to
Comcast. I heard tell that the government gave another extension to them as
far as when they must have their digital equipment in and running though so
I'm not sure when they'll get around to it now!
from: Robert Meek at: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
dba "Tangentals Design" home of "PoBoy"
freeware Windows apps and utilities
located at: www.TangentalsDesign.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Cosmin Prund
Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 3:11 AM
To: 'Delphi-Talk Discussion List'
Subject: RE: OT...Wireless networking
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
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> >
> >
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