Portable internet?

[bdanner302]

Hey, i'm on leave from the air force... trying to figure out some guy i met once in the dorms was using. He had some sort of internet that didnt need a LAN or anything ... it was like a celll phone type thing....he said something about verizon...

anybody know what its called?

[bdanner302]

ok i found it... http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/controller?item=phoneFirst&action=viewPhoneOverviewByDevice&deviceType=Wireless%20PC%20Cards but i need it for a desktop.....can i convert it to pci or 1394 any suggestions..... ?

[ktkendall]

That link isn't qiute taking me where I can really see what you see there, but I assume you're talking about wireless broadband, which you can subscribe to and use from a capable handheld device or get a wireless broadband card for a laptop, but to put your wireless broadband card into your desktop you will need one of these adapters.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?DEPA=0&type=&Description=pcmcia+pci&Submit=ENE&N=0&Ntk=all

[dave computer]

from my experience with this type of internet it's not very fast. i think i got a max of like 20kb down on downloads with verizon.

[bdanner302]

thats exactly what i needed...thanks.............. saddly its the only internet i can set up with a desktop... but from what i saw....its fast enough for me...


you all have a good holiday season

thanks
bdanner

[mojo]

I'm pretty sure they (verizon) just started making cards that connect via usb instead of pcmcia, so you're in luck.

[hobey19]

from my experience with this type of internet it's not very fast. i think i got a max of like 20kb down on downloads with verizon.


i am pretty sure that verizon's next generation network (EVDO) gets pretty good speeds, so if he is in an area with EVDO he should be in good shape. I was using T-Mo's EDGE for awhile and i was getting 50-80Kbps in Toledo which has terrible coverage. When i went to Vegas, i was getting 130Kbps. From what i understand, EVDO is faster than EDGE

craig