On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 12:24:48 -0500 "Stan Sidlov" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com> wrote:
  

fwiw Sony Errison phones almost all tether with a $10-15 internet plan and a $3 cable. SE's PC Suite v6 has USB Ethernet driver function bypassing the *99 dial-in which will give you whatever HSPDA speed in your area.... see: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r23168168-ATT-SE-tether-near-1mb-speed-test-wnew-drivers  Doubtful it would work under emulation in OS/2.....

On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 9:35 AM, Jeffrey Race <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com> wrote:

It's a PC card format, not USB, and I plan to use on
WXP or W2K natively or virtualized, on the GSM
network in Thailand. I can get EDGE for $15 per month
there.  Can't afford a data plan in the USA !

If some PC card would work on OS/2 so much the better.
jr


On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:11:28 -0700, Andy Willis wrote:>Lewis G Rosenthal wrote:
    

Hi, Jeff...>> On 11/05/09 09:49 pm, Jeffrey Race thus wrote :
        

Looking to buy something that will work on GSM and
EDGE, may be Sierra 860 or 881.   Can anyone offer
comments/hints/comparisons?
          

IIRC, Steve Levine mentioned to me that he knew of a card which worked
under OS/2. I don't know if that unit is still marketed, nor do I know
how readily available the drivers may be.
        

If this is the USB device that he helped someone with getting the driver
to work (I can't think of the name at all right now) then the card
hasn't been marketed in several years I think (may still work if you can
find one).
Ahh, google provides the answer of who in the form of the archives (Mark
Abramowitz):

<http://mail.2rosenthals.com:8100/Lists/os2-wireless_users/Message/1940.html?altLanguage=>
This was from 2006 and as I recall the drivers may have been done for
some time prior to that... in fact from the Sierra site:

*AirCard 580 PC Card
*Discontinued December 2006, supported until December 2008

It may still work on some networks... maybe Sprint as I saw something
about their broadband having used it (its an EVDO card apparently).
I think to get the drivers one had to send an email to Mark.
I am not aware of any cards that work directly with OS.2, though some
phones might be able to be tethered and used like a modem as I
understand it.
      

In the interim, or at least until we get a new USB stack to enable (better) connecting to handheld devices, perhaps an ethernet bridge device, such as this one, might be in order: http://www.resultcompany.nl/gprs/gprs.php ? Just a WAG...
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Lewis G Rosenthal
Rosenthal a Rosenthal, LLC
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