My company is using Sprint PCMCIA cards also and I have been thoroughly UNIMPRESSED with their performance. The connection is only about as good as a good dialup connection. On the other hand, the new Verizon cards are very promising as long as you are in the "broadband" coverage area here in the Twin Cities (2-3Meg download, 1-2Meg upload). Todd Young Josh Welch wrote: > Nicholas Thompson wrote: > >>Hi, >> I am wondering what it would take to keep a cellular (even is it's >>19.2) connection open while moving around. Does anyone here have any >>experience with anything like this? Any better solutions I've missed >>since being under a rock or something? :) >> >>thanks >> >>nick > > > Under the category of better solution would be an actual data card from > one of the cell providers. My company uses Sprint PCS cards extensively, > they work well, even while in a car. Verizon is rolling out EVDO in the > TC market, I tested it out and found it to be pretty cool. I don't know > if it's officially live in the market yet, but they are working on it. > > This would of course result in a significant cost downside as it would > require a seperate data service contract and another piece of equipment. > > Josh > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > -- Todd Young -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.16/83 - Release Date: 8/26/2005