I actually could get a decent wireless data connection on my laptop through my Sprint phone & their "Vision" service and the right USB cable. Theoretically it's fine for casual usage, start downloading over a hundred megs of files & you might find that your Sprint has some questions for you.
On 7/29/04 10:18 AM, "Ryan Marsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > LOL, yah, I've got a cell phone here, and the service is great. It's > crazy how technology still finds its way into the nooks and crannies of > the most screwed up places on earth. Are there any wireless ISP's in > Baghdad you know of? We're still searching for a Satellite provider > too, seems they are all afraid of making money. They move like molasses > in January (to quote my Mother). > -- > Let us, then, be up and doing, > With a heart for any fate; > Still achieving, still pursuing, > Learn to labor and to wait. > -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow > On Jul 29, 2004, at 9:10 PM, Curtis Doty wrote: > >> Ryan Marsh wrote: >> >>> I'm putting together a wireless network for the guys in my company. >> >> Apologies for leading the topic astray, but you also might want to >> contact the author of this web log "where wanderlust leads ..." >> >> http://www.livejournal.com/users/giantlaser/ >> >> He's been living in Baghdad outside the Green Zone for a year now. And >> this has got to be one of my favorite all time install photos: >> >> http://www.tolaris.com/gallery/kurdistan/Kamiran_on_the_tower >> >> It's a shapshot taken of his employees as they install a wireless ISP >> in Mosul. The SEG on his face as they cling atop a tower (no OSHA >> climbing regs!) with the rural town and mosque in the background is >> great! >> >> ../C >> > > _______________________________________________ > BAWUG's general wireless chat mailing list > [unsubscribe] http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless _______________________________________________ BAWUG's general wireless chat mailing list [unsubscribe] http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
