Sprint EVDO is $59-79 per month, and there are hardware routers that accept the card.
John >-----Original Message----- >From: Pete Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 05:09 AM >To: 'WISPA General List' >Subject: Re: [WISPA] Try it out vs. Cingular > >The $10/mo for web access with Sprint ONLY applies to the use on the >phone. When you plug in the data cable, and use it as a modem, its like >$0.30/kb. Learning that lesson cost me. >The unlimited phone-as-a-modem or data card rate is around $39/mo. > >Does anyone know if there are drivers/capabilities to link a data card >to a Mikrotik or StarOS box? I guess that there are other Linux drivers >out there, so my thinking may work. >I have considered for some time the possibilities of making a box to >mount in my car (car-puter) with a Sprint (or Cingular, or Verizon, or >whoever) cellular type data connection, with a WIFI client as the >primary (or secondary) mode of connection. With DDNS, access to the dash >mounted camera, GPS stream, etc should be easy enough, making it a >roll-your-own LowJack type system. Also, in the car, an ethernet jack to >plug a laptop into could be nice, as well as opening the possibilities >to put in an ATA to make VOIP calls, as well as adding a WIFI AP. $39/mo >for unlimited data connectivity, especially if it gives the >speed/latency required to do VOIP, seems like a bargain compared to >$129/mo for 2000 minutes. I guess a Windows-based system could do all of >those things, but the RAM/processor/etc/boot time/bluescreens associated >with Windoze don't seem to make it conducive to this type of project, IMO. > >The car-puter installation plan things that I have read about seem to >focus on GPS and MP3 playing. Since my wreck 6 yrs ago, where I couldn't >prove to the insurance company (5 eyewitnesses from every direction from >the intersection and a police report weren't good enough) that I had the >green light. I have been thinking about a car-mounted DVR with cameras >in the grill, the dash, and in the back to offer video defense in a car >accident claim. Showing the judge, the insurance agent, or whoever a DVD >of the video surveillance of the accident could save a lot of time and >hassle. > >What I wish someone would sell for a car (these things probably all >exist in one form or another with various systems) is a computer that >will act as a: > DVR security cam recorder (cam pointed at the driver seat to >prosecute the car thief, + cams on bumpers to witness accidents) > Data port (ethernet + WIFI AP) > Web server (with DDNS support to access the stored data, even when >the car is away from the house, like at an impound yard or after being >stolen) > MP3 player > Realtime ODBII scanning/recording/diagnostics of the car. > VOIP system. > GPS stream recording. (to show he teenage driver when/how fast she >was really driving) > >I would think that these things could all be incorporated for under $2k, >mounted in the trunk, and it would be something that would sell like >crazy for $3k installed. > >I guess what I would like is a retail version of this with more features: > >http://www.popsci.com/popsci/how20/d04305f2dbbf1110vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html > >pd > > >Rich Comroe wrote: >> What a rip! Sprint told me it's only $300-400 to get out of a Sprint >> contract. What's it cost to early terminate a Cingular contract? Why >> doesn't he just terminate? Getting a $1200 monthly bill is >> ridiculous! UNLIMITED data to a Sprint windows phone is only about >> $10/month, and there's no way to limit it to not operate tethered to a >> computer (other than unreasonably large download usage). And it's >> EVDO, so it blows away that measley 125 - 175 kbit. I really think >> those PCMCIA cards are a rip-off for service cost compared to just >> getting unlimited data service to your cellphone. I love ppc6700 >> windows phones ... a lot lighter and smaller than a laptop yet nearly >> as capable. >> >> Rich >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Hammett" >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 8:08 AM >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Try it out vs. Cingular >> >> >>> oh, I'm most certainly under $1200, even for a whole year. :-p >>> >>> Anyone have experience getting out of a bad Cingular deal? >>> >>> >>> ----- >>> Mike Hammett >>> Intelligent Computing Solutions >>> http://www.ics-il.com >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Reed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 7:48 AM >>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Try it out vs. Cingular >>> >>> >>>> Even if he can't get out of the Cingular contract, I would think >>>> paying you your normal rates would cost less than $1200 to >>>> Cingular. Suggest that your unlimited service is still less >>>> expensive than overages. >>>> >>>> Mike Hammett wrote: >>>>> I have a potential customer that wanted to "try out" my service. >>>>> He's got money, so I wasn't afraid he was looking to get something >>>>> for nothing. He has Cingular now and can only get 125 - 175 kbit >>>>> out of it. I clearly can provide a faster less latent service for a >>>>> lower monthly cost (costs him $70/month). >>>>> >>>>> Apparently he wasn't on the unlimited rate plan and got hit with a >>>>> $1200 bill. He doesn't think he can get out of his Cingular. *argh* >>>>> >>>>> That said, can anyone think of a way to hookup a standalone fax >>>>> machine with the Cingular card? I can't contemplate anything at all. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ----- >>>>> Mike Hammett >>>>> Intelligent Computing Solutions >>>>> http://www.ics-il.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Scott Reed >>>> Owner >>>> NewWays >>>> Wireless Networking >>>> Network Design, Installation and Administration >>>> www.nwwnet.net >>>> >>>> -- >>>> WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] >>>> >>>> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >>>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >>>> >>>> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] >>> >>> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >>> >>> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> > >-- >WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > >Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > >Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
