i muist say verizon coverage in the states is head and shoulders above all the other providers. places where my iphone wont even register an 'EDGE' connection on AT&Ts GSM network (let alone 3G), my verizon blackberry always has full bars and never looses its EVDO connection. this includes tunnels, the airport and the basement of our data center where there is a big sign on the wall saying Mobile phone connectivity will be affected past this point (the front door) On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 1:01 AM, Wire James <[email protected]>wrote:
> > I talked to some other chaps and they told me that the bus might be using > UMTS as the backhaul. I understand the highways are well catered for in > coverage by Verizon. > > Wire > > > On Thu, 2009-06-04 at 09:29 +0400, Ernest Byaruhanga wrote: > > Wire James wrote thus on 6/3/09 4:20 PM:> Hi Guys> > I am on this bus > www.boltbus.com <http://www.boltbus.com> travelling> from Washington DC to > New York and it has WiFi. So I am actually> emailing you from the Bus. What I > want to know from you guys is what> backhaul options are there for internet > connectivity in a mobile bus> like this one which is traversing places that > dont even have GSM coverage.> > Please educate me. > Its most likely mobile broadband - gprs/edge/umts/hspa. You will ofcourse > lose connectivity where there is no gsm coverage :-) > eb_______________________________________________LUG mailing > [email protected]http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug%LUG is generously > hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any > way.--------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > > >
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