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
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Message-----
From: Gerard
McGovern [mailto:stuff@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 08 March
2002 13:42
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxxSubject: 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@xxxxxxxSubject: [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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