Wireless Airtime cards vs. Sattelite internet

[Ranger Dave]

Thanks for all the input. One more question how are they for downloading pics video and audio?

[garand4life]

The best example I can give is the with my internet card and my cable inet at home I could download a song from itunes in about the same amount of time on 3G. Pictures about the same. The only time I could really see a difference was with streaming video. On my way to Camp Perry one morning I stopped at a truck stop to kill some time since I had left really early to be there when they opened. Mainly cause I had to go to work later that day and had a 3hr drive each way. I sat watching DRTV videos for about 30 minutes and some youtube. They were not as quick to load as they would be at home but still impressive all things considered.

[Rob Pincus]

I LIVE on my aircard when I'm out of the house .... Sometimes it is faster than the networks at the hotels.

My parents house has the same problem that you do... dial up only at the house.  I used the aircard there for a couple of days last week and it was a lifesaver.

-RJP

[philw]

ahhh  good old wireless 


firstly  I don't have a clue of the prices  and plans you can get over there   this is all from my experience here with the world wide wait and the australian back water of a connection ( ie  we get shafted )

if you can get DSL  then go for it  over here  SAT connection are soo expensive  and the other issue is the Data limit

they only have small down loads  then you get charged a crap load  however  only option for some people

to give you an idea  I for my ADSL 2 account ( only 4mb connection due to distance )  we are paying $80 per month  for 50gb  per month of data 



back to Wireless 


there are a couple of ways   like the guys have said

Sierra wireless cards    give you a 3G connection,  they give you the most flexibly of them all 
I don't have one  ( set up heaps for clients though ),  what I do it connect my Lappy to my iPhone and use the tethering to get on to the 3G network that way ( part of the version 3 software )  and I just use part of the 2gb per month data pack I have with my phone plan ( $114 per month with unlimited calls )



there is also for the geeks  a new modem we have here the Sierra Wireless USB306  gives you up to Download speeds of up to 21mb ( only in a few City's at the moment they are expanding that   only issue is that only Tel$tra have it and they charge a fair bit for the monthly plans with them