Who's got Mobile Broadband?

[the-short-one]

I'll be on a job for 4 months this summer - pretty much in the middle of nowhere. I just bought an XPS laptop and now need to subscribe to mobile broadband.

Who's using it, and what should I look out for? So far, Verizon covers the area I'll be in. I think Sprint does, as well, but I still have to check.

I've never used it and have never seen anyone else using it. Someone please kick me down with the details.

 

[SoKlueles]

not me , nekked ass

 

[michaeltt]

i dont know but its funny this thread was posted cuz a buddy of mine asked me if there was a way he could get on the internet without being hooked up to wifi, like through a cell phone or satellite, and i told him cell phones are slow , but its possible. is this the next big thing for portable internet?

 

[itlnstln]

I'll be on a job for 4 months this summer - pretty much in the middle of nowhere. I just bought an XPS laptop and now need to subscribe to mobile broadband.

Who's using it, and what should I look out for? So far, Verizon covers the area I'll be in. I think Sprint does, as well, but I still have to check.

I've never used it and have never seen anyone else using it. Someone please kick me down with the details.

I do

 

[the-short-one]

i dont know but its funny this thread was posted cuz a buddy of mine asked me if there was a way he could get on the internet without being hooked up to wifi, like through a cell phone or satellite, and i told him cell phones are slow , but its possible. is this the next big thing for portable internet?

yeah. it's a dedicated satelite connection thru sprint or verizon. Dell has a new computer out - XPS M140 - that has a connector port expecially for a broadband card, but the card hasn't been made yet. duh.

anyway - the XPS M170 has a connector port for a broadband card that you can actually get now. If you subscribe thru verizon, you get the card for $50 and pay $50 a month for dedicated service. I don't know how fast it is - I was hoping someone here might know.

 

[the-short-one]

I do

spill the beans! how do you like it?

 

[BrothaBill]

I do, I posted a thread from a train on EF last summer. I still use it although Cingular is unreliable with peak usage in my area.

Go with the Verizon, if it werent for issues with the Pocket Pc I used being overseas then I would have gone with Verizon and then I went with the unlimited data contract which is 80 dollars a month.
I believe now Verizon is 60 dollars a month.

The main reason I went with my Imate pocket pc/cellphone is that it has an internal wifi modem so I can SKYPE long distance and it has ten times more than paid for itself in international calling like a cellphone in wifi areas.

NOW, nearly nine months later. If I was going to build a communications network at a new facility, something I have been pondering.
I would most likely opt for a treo 700 running windows mobile 5.0 b/c of initial cost and they are better than Cingular from my experience.

It's a muffled shitload. It depends on what you are trying to do. I have been working the last week on building a VPN for medical images so they can be read via pocketpc and still ensure patient confidentiality. I am not sure if its been done yet so I'd like to do it, plus it would be so simple.

I have read TONS of this crap. I want to make life like Star Trek, all voice activated, I am coming close

 

[hamstershaver]

is that your tit or an elbow in your avatar?

 

[the-short-one]

I do, I posted a thread from a train on EF last summer. I still use it although Cingular is unreliable with peak usage in my area.

Go with the Verizon, if it werent for issues with the Pocket Pc I used being overseas then I would have gone with Verizon and then I went with the unlimited data contract which is 80 dollars a month.
I believe now Verizon is 60 dollars a month.

The main reason I went with my Imate pocket pc/cellphone is that it has an internal wifi modem so I can SKYPE long distance and it has ten times more than paid for itself in international calling like a cellphone in wifi areas.

NOW, nearly nine months later. If I was going to build a communications network at a new facility, something I have been pondering.
I would most likely opt for a treo 700 running windows mobile 5.0 b/c of initial cost and they are better than Cingular from my experience.

It's a muffled shitload. It depends on what you are trying to do. I have been working the last week on building a VPN for medical images so they can be read via pocketpc and still ensure patient confidentiality. I am not sure if its been done yet so I'd like to do it, plus it would be so simple.

I have read TONS of this crap. I want to make life like Star Trek, all voice activated, I am coming close

I won't be traveling around a lot with it, so hopefully won't lose a connection all the time. I think I remember you mentioning this in another thread...good to know you like it.

As far as the Star Trek thing goes, let me know before you go public so I can buy your stock.


Hammy, it's my elbow.

 

[hamstershaver]

Hammy, it's my elbow.

 

[BrothaBill]

yeah. it's a dedicated satelite connection thru sprint or verizon. Dell has a new computer out - XPS M140 - that has a connector port expecially for a broadband card, but the card hasn't been made yet. duh.

anyway - the XPS M170 has a connector port for a broadband card that you can actually get now. If you subscribe thru verizon, you get the card for $50 and pay $50 a month for dedicated service. I don't know how fast it is - I was hoping someone here might know.

I do not believe that it is satellite, rather several "packets' sent through the cellphone towers, so the service slows during peak hours.

The cingular card I use is about half as fast as wifi broadband sometimes slower, again, depends on the amount of information going through the celltowers, peak usage slows the whole deal down.

Sprint rep was telling me they eliminated the gprs but sprint is small compared to Verizon who has the budget to develop this better, Cingular IMO has dropped the ball on the GPRS system.

The card is basically a plug into your port, at the time, mine cost 130$ at 80$/month since it was a new feature with Cingular.

Again, Sprint would be something to compare but limited areas I am assuming but Verizon is making a push with this.

I would go with Verizon, I have been windows mobile for almost a year.

There was a huge problem with setting up and receiving the emails, ipop/imap shit or similar or just forwarding. There are resources out there to solve those but I was using an unlocked phone from the UK

 

[the-short-one]

I had a boob picture in my gallery on my birthday. sorry you missed it.

 

[SoKlueles]

and you wonder why there is domestic violence

 

[SoKlueles]

ok so since my advice is completely ignored Ill delete the posts

dont get all pmsy with me
i you my friend

 

[the-short-one]

I do not believe that it is satellite, rather several "packets' sent through the cellphone towers, so the service slows during peak hours.

The cingular card I use is about half as fast as wifi broadband sometimes slower, again, depends on the amount of information going through the celltowers, peak usage slows the whole deal down.

Sprint rep was telling me they eliminated the gprs but sprint is small compared to Verizon who has the budget to develop this better, Cingular IMO has dropped the ball on the GPRS system.

The card is basically a plug into your port, at the time, mine cost 130$ at 80$/month since it was a new feature with Cingular.

Again, Sprint would be something to compare but limited areas I am assuming but Verizon is making a push with this.

I would go with Verizon, I have been windows mobile for almost a year.

There was a huge problem with setting up and receiving the emails, ipop/imap shit or similar or just forwarding. There are resources out there to solve those but I was using an unlocked phone from the UK

...but faster than dial-up? (not that I have much of a choice.)

 

[BrothaBill]

dont get all pmsy with me
i you my friend

lol, I get that way and then I delete it, it's like my brain says dont be bitchy.
It's a funny thing Ive realized on the internet, ESPECIALLY with my sense of humor and if I was to say it in real life.
I have usual voice inflection and body language that refers to that I am being jestful.
ON the internet, its taken in the written word. Sometimes I say things as a pigtail puller that I am then it can be taken the wrong way, usually its like I need to reword things

 

[BrothaBill]

...but faster than dial-up? (not that I have much of a choice.)

Dialup is the slowest, its not as fast as traditional broadband but the issue is "IF you are mobile, is it faster to use the 'network' to get data rather than spending time to find a wifi hub or an access point to the internet"

THe answer is, most certainly YES!

If you are mobile, you never now where you are going to be at. I was covering three hospitals last year when I bought this and a few clinics. I never knew my schedule b/c schedules flex and change.
YOu can reach in your pocket pc and have an updated schedule as it "SYNCS" to your schedule every five minutes

So you can have a secretary change your schedule on the fly and its auto-updated.

Also, I mean really its amazing what you can do.

In my device I can access ALL of my data from any computer I own, anywhere.

I can never be without a file or even a song or video b/c it goes through the system eliminating the need for an Ipod, I have one but carrying a different gadget when I can access my whole audio selection at any time means not carrying an ipod at the gym and a cellphone.
Plus I have bluetooth cellphone headphones that interrupt the music if I have a phonecall.

Stuff is outrageously cool, but not for the faint of heart geekwise. You have to start with the basics and what your budget allows.

Many frustrated hours, but literally, it is the standalone difference in the coming future of a successful company. Well worth the investment, the skills you gain implementing this can mean than you can go anywhere

 

[the-short-one]

Dialup is the slowest, its not as fast as traditional broadband but the issue is "IF you are mobile, is it faster to use the 'network' to get data rather than spending time to find a wifi hub or an access point to the internet"

THe answer is, most certainly YES!

If you are mobile, you never now where you are going to be at. I was covering three hospitals last year when I bought this and a few clinics. I never knew my schedule b/c schedules flex and change.
YOu can reach in your pocket pc and have an updated schedule as it "SYNCS" to your schedule every five minutes

So you can have a secretary change your schedule on the fly and its auto-updated.

Also, I mean really its amazing what you can do.

In my device I can access ALL of my data from any computer I own, anywhere.

I can never be without a file or even a song or video b/c it goes through the system eliminating the need for an Imate, I have one but carrying a different gadget when I can access my whole audio selection at any time means not carrying an ipod at the gym and a cellphone.
Plus I have bluetooth cellphone headphones that interrupt the music if I have a phonecall.

Stuff is outrageously cool, but not for the faint of heart geekwise. You have to start with the basics and what your budget allows.

Many frustrated hours, but literally, it is the standalone difference in the coming future of a successful company. Well worth the investment, the skills you gain implementing this can mean than you can go anywhere

I love computer gadgets. (but I'm not anywhere near as knowledgeable as you are.) I've found I can't live without internet access. The thought of 4 months without it...well - I just can't do it.

I won't have a TV, either - but I don't care about that. I hardly watch the one I have.

 

[BrothaBill]

I love computer gadgets. (but I'm not anywhere near as knowledgeable as you are.) I've found I can't live without internet access. The thought of 4 months without it...well - I just can't do it.

I won't have a TV, either - but I don't care about that. I hardly watch the one I have.

we should IM and I'll explain things to you if you are in a situation and the issues I have dealt with

 

[the-short-one]

we should IM and I'll explain things to you if you are in a situation and the issues I have dealt with

I ordered the computer online - supposed to have it next week. when i get it and get the verizon mb service, I'll PM you with my IM info so you can help a girl out.

Thanks. yer cool.

 

[BrothaBill]

I ordered the computer online - supposed to have it next week. when i get it and get the verizon mb service, I'll PM you with my IM info so you can help a girl out.

Thanks. yer cool.

Cool, Ill look at it, I saw it last night before this thread on verizon.

I am more of the fan of the pocketpc phone. I have my laptop broadband but awkward. I have both services, laptop and pocketpc.

Depending on your usage, My laptop was 1700$, pocketpc 900$

You can interchange them.
Budget concerns means a good laptop is far more useful than a pocket pc but they arent always substitutes.
Hard to surf the internet with a laptop from the exercise bike like you can with a pocketpc cellphone with broadband on it. I have posted on EF from my phonepc.

Lots of cools stuff. It can take forever if you are a newbie