I live rural and I'm looking for a cell phone that can access broadband internet, with some type of large minute/no limit access plan.
I'm sick of dial-up and I seem to remember hearing about high speed access wirelessly through cell phones.
Does anybody know?
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elmo01 Posts: 2342
Phone Model: Samsung SPH-M510
Service Provider: Bell Canada
Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:24 am
try an aircard... its a PCMCA card with edge speeds close to a broadband connection...
slackeyed Posts: 5
Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:33 am
elmo01 wrote:
try an aircard... its a PCMCA card with edge speeds close to a broadband connection...
What kind of phones allow this, and the PCMCA goes into a PC?
I've read a lot about laptops being capable, but I need internet access on my PC.
elmo01 Posts: 2342
Phone Model: Samsung SPH-M510
Service Provider: Bell Canada
Wed Jan 11, 2006 11:05 am
at present I see only PCMCIA cards st cingular.com...
you will need an adapter for your PC to take that card..... the fastest one there is the Novatel U730...Average downlink speeds of 400 to 700 kbps on 3G UMTS/HSDPA networks
have a talk to a computer store for pricing for the PCMCIA adapter
slackeyed Posts: 5
Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:31 pm
elmo01 wrote:
at present I see only PCMCIA cards st cingular.com...
Do you know of any phones that will allow this procedure?
elmo01 Posts: 2342
Phone Model: Samsung SPH-M510
Service Provider: Bell Canada
Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:55 pm
lots will... but personally speaking the transfer rate sux due to line noise
slackeyed Posts: 5
Wed Jan 11, 2006 1:02 pm
elmo01 wrote:
lots will... but personally speaking the transfer rate sux due to line noise
What feature should I search for? Wireless internet?
When you say transfer rate sux, that means that the speed is slow?
xavier8614 Posts: 7
Phone Model: V710
Service Provider: Verizon
Wed Jan 11, 2006 1:10 pm
elmo01 wrote:
at present I see only PCMCIA cards st cingular.com...
you will need an adapter for your PC to take that card..... the fastest one there is the Novatel U730...Average downlink speeds of 400 to 700 kbps on 3G UMTS/HSDPA networks
have a talk to a computer store for pricing for the PCMCIA adapter
That card will most likely not be very helpfull.... HSDPA/UMTS is only in select markets ie seattle, san francisco. ect .... not rural areas
slackeyed Posts: 5
Wed Jan 11, 2006 1:30 pm
xavier8614 wrote:
That card will most likely not be very helpfull.... HSDPA/UMTS is only in select markets ie seattle, san francisco. ect .... not rural areas
Thanks for that...any ideas?
xavier8614 Posts: 7
Phone Model: V710
Service Provider: Verizon
Wed Jan 11, 2006 2:15 pm
go to cingular.com go to shop now look and click on PC cards... any of these cards should work... the speed on them is 100-130 kbps... about double dial-up..... I also believe verizon has faster pc cards ... but I do not work for them so I am not for sure....
