From: "Mark Henigan" Received: from [192.168.100.201] (HELO mail.2rosenthals.com) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.3) with ESMTP id 1905279 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:28:59 -0400 Received-SPF: none (secmgr-ny.randr: 69.147.64.94 is neither permitted nor denied by domain of sbcglobal.net) client-ip=69.147.64.94; envelope-from=driven_zen@sbcglobal.net; helo=smtp121.sbc.mail.sp1.yahoo.com; Received: from smtp121.sbc.mail.sp1.yahoo.com ([69.147.64.94]) by secmgr-ny.randr with smtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K2wyq-00006Z-8N for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:28:58 -0400 Received: (qmail 28228 invoked from network); 1 Jun 2008 23:28:50 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=sbcglobal.net; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:Message-ID:Date:From:User-Agent:X-Accept-Language:MIME-Version:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=FMjI0XjHsp8DApM7xLUCEJGalIMD9oU8CD0zuj+WRgmeIsc8clVbkNul/dauNjXNx5yMFakVQOAMqXkaNyH+h5mFSnl5a7SUBp2ppSHIGhbyuqJ6MBVJ9yOdxjcX+xiU6Fd8bt8tAO8BZdGW/ZiPzsAdLZK/w7ZzLNfpkjsWVAU= ; Received: from unknown (HELO ?69.225.86.188?) (driven_zen@sbcglobal.net@69.225.86.188 with plain) by smtp121.sbc.mail.sp1.yahoo.com with SMTP; 1 Jun 2008 23:28:50 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: geoeqNwVM1nH16PfOnH20P8T4Sfr5ZWT9OQie5l__VtCqnRb4NBpeJ6Kx.PcxAkP5XksdnS_chta0MXMYPvQDHuHHehuneLFPlRpvIElhdUHZoezfWlGTrcR9cvL7_P.REQ- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 Message-ID: <484330BB.2050807@sbcglobal.net> Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:28:59 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (OS/2; U; Warp 4.5; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050922 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en, cs MIME-Version: 1.0 To: OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] Faster internet for some, at a price. References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: _SUMMARY_ > On Sat, 31 May 2008 00:05:22 -0400, "Lewis G Rosenthal" > wrote: > > >>LinkSys makes a UMTS unit (works with Sprint and a couple other carriers >>- now, but was originally designed for Sprint). It takes the Sprint PC >>card in a slot, and then distributes that via Wi-Fi and via a 4-port >>router. Beware, however, as VPN connections and other >>"must-be-connected-full-time" services simply do not work well with >>these things, even when coupled with a "real" VPN router behind it, as >>the wireless broadband is subject to the same turbulence as cell phone >>transmissions (worse, in some cases). In the LinkSys situation, it was a >>$300+ experiment which didn't work out; we ended up using Skycasters for >>commercial grade 768Kbps/256Kbps satellite (which works quite well on >>this particular construction trailer). > > > Thanks, Lewis. > Neil Waldhauer replied: > I see the minimum plan from skycasters is $149/month plus $899 for equipment > plus $400 for installation. Personally, I do use VPN, so I'd be screwed if I > used the cell phone data service. Hello Neil: Which VPN software do you use. And, would it be practical for the mini-network via wireless access point that I'm considering to connect two notebooks at a work site? Thank you for any thoughts! - Mark Mark Henigan --