RE: [OT] :GPRS and Laptop User ?

["Rob Mouser" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

No I doubt there is a solution. There is a software client that needs to be
installed. :-(


Many thanks,

Rob

-----Original Message-----
From: Ho Yin Ng [mailto:yahoogroups@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 12 November 2004 16:11
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] :GPRS and Laptop User ?


Rob,

Glad you didn't post that off list ..

I got a question.

With the onspeed.com can I use it on my GPRS phone?

From what I read it requires some software installation on a PC or MAC ...
so this would not work on my phone would it? Unless I had a laptop so I
could channel  my connection through my phone ...

Which is not what I want!

Ho Yin

At 15:39 12/11/2004, you wrote:

>Hi Davey
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>Yep, I spend half my working life connected to work via GPRS.
>We have two set-ups:
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>GPRS with O2 -->
>Sierra Wireless PCMCIA Card
>Static IP Address assigned on GPRS network
>PPTP into office for connection to Exchange
>For web access I go straight out on the SProviders APN but use
>www.onspeed.com for compression of data.
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>This above is how I use it. My staff have a similar setup accept that
they
>connect to a specific APN which routes their web access through our
servers.
>There is a restrictive policy on checkpoint that then prevents them
access
>to all but a certain number of sites.
>
>We are just running a trial with something called Optigo which sits
between
>our Exchange Server on a dedicated box and compresses data. This
>significantly improves Exchange use over GPRS and also stops large
messages
>being downloaded without asking you first.
>http://www.bytemobile.com/html/Optigo_products.html
>Its seems to be working very well.
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>With compression speed is equal to a good 56k dial-up "most"
of the time.
>But I find the availability and reliability of the GPRS connection can
>sometimes vary. I'm a "heavy" user and can easily chew
through 8-10mb of
>data in a day connecting directly to exchange without the Optigo
client!
>Expensive, but much cheaper than the hotel dial-up costs!
>
>We have used a company called www.wirelesslogic.co.uk for all our GPRS
data
>needs at laptop level for several years now and generally they have
been
>very good.
>
>We've also just signed a deal with www.threex.co.uk to provide
enterprise
>level GPRS comms with XDA's. Trials in that arena have also worked
well.
>
>HTH.
>
>Many thanks,
>
>Rob
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Davey [mailto:DB1001@xxxxxxx]
>Sent: 12 November 2004 13:42
>To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] :GPRS and Laptop User ?
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>Sorry for the OT but I'm sure someone out there in HA land is doing
this..
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>GPRS pcmcia/pc-card with a laptop and then connecting to the corporate
>network.
>What kind of download / upload speeds (for web browsing / downloading)
can
>you get ?
>If you surf the net do you come into your corp. network and then out to
the
>web or do you hit your telco's network and route to the internet from
there
>?
>
>Replies off list please.
>ta
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