[LUNI] cell phone and netaccess/computer

[Kara Pritchard]

On 9 Jun 2003, Ronald Petty wrote:

> I am moving (as many of you know) to Lincoln Park soon (aka next
> month).  Besides DSL, I was wondering, what kind of cell phone access
> people are using and if so whats good and what is bad in the area.  I
> would also like to know what kind of modem/cell access there is. 
> Basically I would LOVE to be able to use my laptop for my cell and
> remote surfing at some bar.  If there is no pcmcia card to do this
> (don't know haven't really looked), is there a PDA that is Linux/cell
> phone that is actually worth using?  I am not really traveling the world
> (maybe US for the most part), so range is not so much an issue.

I use Sprint and have an agent that gets LUG members and LPI certified 
people 15% off the package prices.  I have a big package, doubled it with 
free vision (their wireless internet service) and it's cheaper than I had 
on my old Sprint package.  2 phones, 2000 shared minutes, unlimited sprint 
to sprint, unlimited night & weekend, unlimited vision for $85.  

If anyone's interested in a quote, let me know and I'll forward you. (I'm 
not the agent, my neighbor is :-)  He's out of St Louis, but does 
everything via mail so has clients across the US.

Sprint has a compact flash card (for pda's) and pcmcia cards to do what 
you want. I'm expecting my cf card next week :-)

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Kara Pritchard                          Phone: 618-398-7360
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