[LINK] Unwired narrow-band a dialup replacement?

[rchirgwin at ozemail.com.au]

Howard,

Unwired = capitals only. What's your rural area? - because a lot of 
rural ISPs are doing wireless, and prices and plans are roughly in line 
with ADSL.

Cheers,
RC

Howard Lowndes wrote:

> Is it available in rural areas or cap cit only?
>
>
> Chris Maltby wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Apr 21, 2005 at 05:44:06PM +1000, Tom Worthington wrote:
>>
>>> Last Friday I walked into the UTS Coop bookstore in Sydney and 
>>> purchased an Unwired wireless modem <http://www.unwired.com.au/>. 
>>> This provides an always on narrow-band  step between dial-up 
>>> Internet access and ADSL. It offers dial-up speed and price ($15.95 
>>> a month for 64/32 kbps) with ADSL's "always on" (well almost always) 
>>> and doesn't tie up the phone line. Like dial-up you can just buy a 
>>> modem, plug it in and sign up on-line. You don;t have to wait days 
>>> for someone to connect you as with ADSL. But as it is wireless, 
>>> operation depends on getting a good signal. If the service was a 
>>> little more reliable it could be used to replace the home phone 
>>> using Voip.
>>
>>
>>
>> Since Tom has posted this, I thought it might be worthwhile to
>> describe a related experience using the iBoost wireless service for
>> a one-off event requiring internet access in a location without any
>> wired connections available (not even a phone line).
>>
>> We found a company which rents iBoost modems by the day or week (I
>> think paid about $70 for a long weekend), and followed a procedure
>> much like the one Tom describes. This was the "broadband" service
>> and it worked like a charm in a strong signal area while testing,
>> with 4 or 5 signal strength lights on the modem.
>>
>> In the event location (basement of a re-inforced concrete building)
>> there was 1 signal strength light, but it still worked acceptably
>> for our needs. There might have been some packet loss, but not
>> enough to disrupt our event. Mobile phone coverage in the same area
>> was pretty dodgy (which turned out to be a problem for another
>> reason).
>>
>> Chris
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