Take a look at www.ipwireless.com. I can’t
really say much without being biased as I’ve been working for them
for
the last couple of years!
You should see 3G technology coming to
market much sooner than 5 years (I hope so anyway!). I have one of our
modems
next to me now running faster than my home ADSL connection
J
Nick
-----Original Message-----
From: Gerard McGovern
[mailto:stuff@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 08
March 2002
13:42
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Just
thinking... GPRS, 3G
Firstly, there are no health
risks
associated with mobile transmission towers.
You could add GPRS capability
to
your HA server right now. Orange, mmO2 and Vodafone all offer an always-on
connection via a mobile handset where you only pay for the data you
transfer.
However, it is SO expensive. Even on the cheapest Orange GPRS plan, 100 MB
of
data will cost you £100 per month. Even then, data rates are only around 40
kbps.
It will be at least 5 years
before
you can have an ADSL type connection, via a wireless device for a
reasonable
price.
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark McCall
[mailto:mark@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 08 March 2002 1:37
pm
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Just
thinking...
GPRS, 3G
In the last year or so we've had
a
couple of "Cell" aerials built within a mile of our house.
Close enough to give great coverage from our home, and far enough away not
to
be a health worry or eyesore. Anyway...as I drove past them this
morning
I started thinking about my lack of ADSL (and poor propects for it any time
this century!).
What I need is an "always
on" connection so I can control the house through the web interface,
it
doesn't need to be highspeed as I have ADSL to my desk in work and can
download
whatever I need from there.
How likely is it that in the
(near)
future I could add some sort of GPRS or 3G mobile module to my HA server to
allow this? Obviuosly I'd need some sort of tarrif that took
advantage of
the always on aspects of these services without a crippling
subsription?
Mark (clutching at wireless
straws)
McC.
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