On Mon February 12 2007 17:11, Stevens wrote: > On Monday 12 February 2007 17:42, Nick Zentena wrote: > > On Monday 12 February 2007 18:11, Jay Smith wrote: > > > Hey, > > > > > > I was just thinking about this. You know those aircards you can get > > > from your cellphone provider and be able to connect to the internet > > > using the cellphone network. Anyways, has anyone tried to use one > > > under Linux? Maybe you know the theory behind it or something. I think > > > it's treated like a PPP dial-up but I am not sure. Any thoughts? > > > > http://www.pharscape.org/component/option,com_forum/Itemid,68/ > > Are these aircards for GSM phones? I contacted Verizon a few months ago re: the 60/mo. card. They were almost antagonistic re: using the card from my office, as opposed to on a laptop occasionally. Last week I called Sprint re: theirs. Different story entirely. They even have a USB version that I can remote on our roof for more reliable coverage. They said no problem. Streaming video, no problem. As we are out at 19.000 feet from the central office, this seems like the way to go. Hope this helps.
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