[LINK] Unwired narrow-band a dialup replacement?

[rchirgwin at ozemail.com.au]

Narromine is a pain ... probably smaller than the average WLL ISP has an 
antenna in.

A columnist of my acquaintance living in Bundanoon has had good things 
to say about the AirCard using CDMA:
http://www.commsworld.com.au/

("Working on Air" by Graeme Le Roux)

...it may be more feasible than the alternatives at the moment...

Cheers,
RC

Howard Lowndes wrote:

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>
> rchirgwin at ozemail.com.au wrote:
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>> 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.
>
>
> The one I have in mind is Narromine in central NSW.  We hold a big 
> flyin there over Easter each year (400 aircraft this year), and we 
> need access to our web based database.
>
>>
>> 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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