I agree. I was just at the Sprint store and they have a new deal for the
Sprint PCS Connection Card/Novatel Merlin C201 with unlimited internet
access for $80/mo. It works good for web access, but ssh/telnet is a
little painful.

And it works with Linux...

http://www.packetpro.com/merlinc201-linux.html

This will have to hold me over until 802.11 access is as prevalent.

Jason

On Wed, 25 Jun 2003, Mark Surfas wrote:

> This probably isn't useful given that this is a list about wi-fi, but I really like 
> the sprint vision pcmcia deal for my laptop.  This is exactly the kind of situation 
> it's perfect for.  $100 or so a month for all you can eat data service (50kbps? 
> 100kbps?).  You can check your email while driving down the road and eating a burger 
> at the same time.
>
> Mark
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ty Shipman, CIO/CTO, Kagi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 1:09 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [BAWUG] Driving from CA->NY, need wireless access
> >
> >
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I am going to be driving from San Francisco CA to New York, New York
> > next week.  I need to stay in touch with some stuff and work and I am
> > hopping there are free wireless acess points along the way I can just
> > drive up to, hookup grab my mail and send a few reply, then drive on.
> >
> > Does anyone know of a centralized list of such places?
> >
> > I leave on Tuesday afternoon.
> >
> > Thanks before hand
> > ty
> >
> >
> > --
> > I am trying to become obsolete.   But I can not because I am autodidactic.
> > --
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