At 8:03 PM +0100 9/9/05, Bruce Ryan wrote:
Hi Gang
Have any of you ever used a cellphone with a Pismo (or any other
Powerbook) to go online out in the wilds whether there's no
wireless, phone jack or LAN point? If so, please let me know how
it's done. What phones, software and connections between the two did
you use?
I have both 10.3.9 and 9.1 on my Pismo.
With an LG VX6000 phone on an iBook (OS X.3.9) and a Wallstreet (OS
X.2.8) and a Motorola StarTac phone on a Wallstreet (OS X.2.8) and
5300 (OS 9.1). The VX6000 is via a USB to serial adapter cable and
the StarTac was via a serial cable. I'm on Verizon and through them
you can dial a Verizon number to get wireless access at around
50KBps. I also used the StarTac to dial my ISP but it is limited to
14,400 Bps.
I bought the VX6000 cable online but it is also available at
RadioShack stores. There is software available online that includes
a serial driver for the USB converter and a modem script. There is
one caveat, the modem script can't connect every other time you try
to connect (which means you have to tell it to try again).
Both phones worked quite well. I've used both at fixed locations and
also in a car and train moving down the road and track respectively.
I've done it in numerous locations including out in the boondocks.
As long as I get the Verizon network I can connect. Sometimes I get
what they call the Extended Network which isn't billed as roaming but
it functionally is and doesn't work with the dial up.
The dial up access is either included with the basic plan or part of
an Internet option ($5/mo). I don't know which since I've always had
the option.
Since I have the night and weekend free feature I can and have gone
online for long periods on the weekend many times.
Once you dial up (as per a typical dialup connection) it will connect
but if there is a period of inactivity the phone disconnects but the
PPP connection appears to still be connected. Any activity will
cause the phone to reconnect quickly. It is hardly even noticeable
(it took me a long time to realize the phone chirping was it
reconnecting).
Oh, yeah, this message is being sent via cell phone.
--
Clark Martin
Redwood City, CA, USA
Macintosh / Internet Consulting
"I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway"
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