If you are in a border area, expect near to total loss of signal, resulting in high latency and low bandwidth. The drop off is very steep at the edge, but carries solid 28.8 almost to the very edge. It's FM. Not AM. There is almost no curve. The devices avalible today are really capable of 100K, but they are limited to restrict core bandwidth. Even with one bar on the 'modem', I still get 28.8. No signal strenght, and I sometimes still get through, but not effectively. But there is only one are I know of that I can't get a signal----one section of the beltway, strictly non-residential, so Metrocom could not get transmitters put up there...
It works these days in both springfield (sushi bar there...*grin*) and in centerville (co-worker's home/network) I have used them personnally in both areas, with strong signal strenghts recently.
If you are in a Ricochet Area (Bay Area, Seattle, or the capital beltway- Northern VA, Maryland or DC) Ricochet is a fantastic mobile access tool. I have been using it for about 1-1/2 years now, and I am holding on for the near deployment of 128K access. Right now, unless you are in the test market in San Fran. the access is 28.8 but it is always 28.8. solid. I run an entire network wireless and I'm using that link now. Have a ricochet and want to try it under a decent operating system? Try this: 1) Connect ricochet to a serial port (here, COM1 under DOS/winblows) 2) Turn the ricochet on. 3) Type or execute as a script this line: pppd -d connect 'chat -t 20 -v ABORT BUSY REPORT CONNECT "" ATDT777 CONNECT ""'/dev/ttyS0 115200 modem noipdefault defaultroute crtscts 4) find a command line and type: "netscape http://www.slashdot.org/&"
This assumes that you have pppd support in your kernel and that you have chat and pppd installed. The modem speed option is there, but you get 28.8. So dont complain about my cmd line. This line also assumes you have some DNS servers in your/etc/resolv.conf, as they are not assigned/distributed by the network.
Have fun surfing.....I do....at the sushi bar...at the mall....on road trips.....on the metro (above ground) Where ever I am.
PS. I use the SE. Battery life is ~4.5 hours each, the batteries are 2"x1.5"x 1/8th". I carry five.
Slashdot Mirror
If you are in a border area, expect near to total loss of signal, resulting in high latency and low bandwidth. The drop off is very steep at the edge, but carries solid 28.8 almost to the very edge. It's FM. Not AM. There is almost no curve. The devices avalible today are really capable of 100K, but they are limited to restrict core bandwidth. Even with one bar on the 'modem', I still get 28.8. No signal strenght, and I sometimes still get through, but not effectively. But there is only one are I know of that I can't get a signal----one section of the beltway, strictly non-residential, so Metrocom could not get transmitters put up there...
It works these days in both springfield (sushi bar there...*grin*) and in centerville (co-worker's home/network) I have used them personnally in both areas, with strong signal strenghts recently.
If you are in a Ricochet Area (Bay Area, Seattle, or the capital beltway- Northern VA, Maryland or DC) Ricochet is a fantastic mobile access tool. I have been using it for about 1-1/2 years now, and I am holding on for the near deployment of 128K access. Right now, unless you are in the test market in San Fran. the access is 28.8 but it is always 28.8. solid. I run an entire network wireless and I'm using that link now. Have a ricochet and want to try it under a decent operating system? Try this:
/etc/resolv.conf, as they are not assigned/distributed by the network.
1) Connect ricochet to a serial port (here, COM1 under DOS/winblows)
2) Turn the ricochet on.
3) Type or execute as a script this line:
pppd -d connect 'chat -t 20 -v ABORT BUSY REPORT CONNECT "" ATDT777 CONNECT ""'/dev/ttyS0 115200 modem noipdefault defaultroute crtscts
4) find a command line and type: "netscape http://www.slashdot.org/&"
This assumes that you have pppd support in your kernel and that you have chat and pppd installed. The modem speed option is there, but you get 28.8. So dont complain about my cmd line. This line also assumes you have some DNS servers in your
Have fun surfing.....I do....at the sushi bar...at the mall....on road trips.....on the metro (above ground) Where ever I am.
PS. I use the SE. Battery life is ~4.5 hours each, the batteries are 2"x1.5"x 1/8th". I carry five.