We tried it, but it was a pain... Drivers on the laptop, couldn't use the phone while on a data connection, etc.
We just sprung and got all our sales staff Internal Mobile Broadband Cards for their laptops. At $59 a month it was a no brainer. Our guys were spending more on Internet than that in hotels, airports, etc. And I like it because it always works, and its stable. No more 8PM calls because VPN won't work at hotels... -----Original Message----- From: Peter van Houten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 6:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: 3G, UMTS and HSDPA Hi all, A client is rolling out a number of laptops for sales staff and would like to use the modems in their mobiles rather than a separate device. All the handsets are to be 3G [/UMTS/HSDPA] capable. My own Sony Ericsson is only GPRS capable but works fairly well (albeit at 384Kb/s maximum) via a data cable to my laptop. Fine for remote control, browsing and email but obviously VOIP such as Skype and other latency-sensitive applications are non-starters. I would like to know if any of you routinely work with the above scenario using 3G handsets as opposed to USB/PCMCIA modems and what your experience has been. My client is going to be using the setup primarily with a VPN to the office servers. Please let me know which model handset you use. Many thanks. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
