Hi all, Back on the PIClist again after many months, and one of the reasons I disappeared is this same reason -- that I did not have a good internet connection. I finally bit the bullet a month ago and got Verizon wireless (cellular). It is awesome! Mostly. Some parts of rural Texas I got little better than dialup (a speed test showed 80 kpbs). In Austin I got ~180-200 kbps. Still not the 350-700kbps that Verizon claimed, until yesterday when I reached Florida, and I'm now getting over 700kbps! Feels like my previous cablemodem connection. And I could get really good speed on the side of the highway in Alabama yesterday. $80 per month, but for a few more dollars I get to be mobile and it's worth it to me. Sprint has the same system as Verizon and the same pricing, but I wouldn't touch them due to their really really poor customer service. T-mobile & Cingular use GPRS/Edge, which has a claimed speed of 224kbps, but realistically would get only about half that. But yes, they're much lower cost (like $30/mth IIRC). I intend to get it running via Linux (all fingers crossed), then share the connection to the other computers, once I get settled in. Cheers, -Neil. > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [OT] Wireless internet options > From: "andrew kelley" > Date: Thu, March 30, 2006 9:14 am > To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." > > You can get wireless internet from verizon or tmobile(better deal with > tmobile) but as far as i remember dialup over a cellphone doesnt work > too well.. I have done it, but I only got at most 1200 baud out of > it.(in analog mode, because digital was chunking the data up and > messing it up, but analog worked) > > andrew > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist