From: Received: from [192.168.100.201] (HELO mail.2rosenthals.com) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.16) with ESMTP id 2580749 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:17:10 -0400 Received: from static-71-171-102-26.clppva.fios.verizon.net ([71.171.102.26] helo=mail2.2rosenthals.com) by secmgr-ny.randr with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.43) id 1MLzgQ-0005fO-4h for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:17:10 -0400 Received: from mx-02queue01.mts.net ([142.161.131.10]:65326) by mail2.2rosenthals.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MLzgN-00030l-2H for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:17:03 -0400 Received: from wnpgmb021pw-sp03.mts.net ([10.204.128.23]) by mx-02mtaout02.mts.net with ESMTP id <20090701131047.VGI19846.mx-02mtaout02.mts.net@wnpgmb021pw-sp03.mts.net> for ; Wed, 1 Jul 2009 08:10:47 -0500 Received: from wnpgmb01ba1-ac05-15-97.dial.mts.net (HELO smtp.mts.net) ([142.161.15.97]) by wnpgmb021pw-sp03.mts.net with SMTP; 01 Jul 2009 08:10:33 -0500 X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A020201.4A4B61CF.00EE,ss=1,fgs=0 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AtMDAMH9SkqOoQ9h/2dsb2JhbACDAYtjiR+7fQU X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.42,323,1243832400"; d="scan'208";a="88587660" To: os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Post Road Mailer for OS/2 (Green Edition Ver 3.0) Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 07:10:33 MST Reply-To: os24u@wisdomtree.info Subject: wireless usb modem Message-Id: <20090701131047.VGI19846.mx-02mtaout02.mts.net@wnpgmb021pw-sp03.mts.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" X-Spam-Score: 1.4 (+) X-Spam-Report: 0.6 NO_REAL_NAME From: does not include a real name 0.8 INFO_TLD URI: Contains an URL in the INFO top-level domain More offers each day for wireless internet access using a usb modem usually from cel phone providers. 1. Can such modem be used with OS/2 based OS? 2. If so, is something more than usb base com driver required? 3. What are these modems similar to regarding connection: cable-dhcp, dsl-ppoe, etc 4. If unable directly with OS/2 could a windoze laptop be used to run the modem hooked to a router for our fav OS? 5. Are claimed speeds reasonably reliable on such modems? Cal Also, received 148 messages in digest format from this list today. Going back as far as 2007 era. This occured 3 times in past 2 weeks. http://wisdomtree.info Largest OS/2 URL database -- This email was Anti Virus checked by Astaro Security Gateway. http://www.astaro.com