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by nick

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Heres the situation, a company has a travelling trailer truck exhibit for it's products. It takes this truck across the country to stores, events, fairs, etc. Up until now they have had four computers in this setup, two with an interactive game, twowith an informational demo type of thing. now they want to link it live to a web site which has a database back-end (making simply loading the site locally not really an option).

Options appear to be limited, we need something nationwide, can't be landline based (they could be at a walmart one day, and a nascar race in a field the next)My only idea is something satellite 2-way based. Or as a last resort, some type of connection that may not be permanent but where they could update once or twice a day.

this is two computers that need to be connection, any ideas, any companies, and HELP? :) thanks

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by stillatit

There are services, such as the one at www.goamerica.com, which can sell you a wireless modem for a laptop, and you have 9600 baud access in many major cities.

You can get coverage virtually everywhere by buying a cell phone with a data cable, and dialing into an ISP on the cell phone.

There are satellite services, which are fast and expensive. The problem would be lining up the dish at each site.

Another alternative, depending on the back end you are using, is to duplicate the web server and the back end in the truck. Depending on the database size and how the web server talks to the database, you might be able to use a cheap back end (such as access) rather than a large server. Depending on the need for fast updates, you could dial in for updates, or get a daily or weekly update shipped on a cd.

Good luck

by estebandelatorre

1.- A celular Dial up connection may not be an outstanding solution, due to the limited bandwith.
2.- A Satellite connection may be a good solution, but consider that for a stand, you will need at least a BW of 512KB.
3.- Another solution will be to setup a paralel web server inside the truck, completelly stand alone.

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