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Wireless Modems?

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by dglundman

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I don?t want to use a palm-top gadget, PDA or my cell phone to go online. The salesman told me that he could sell me a cable to connect my laptop?s modem to my cell phone for $80. But, he said, the brand of phone I had, had a high disconnect rate. Which meant I would use a lot of connect time reacquiring my Internet connection. He said that another brand of cell phone would work better. Was he just trying to sell me a different phone or service? With current technology what is the best and easiest way to connect with your laptop, when you don?t have access to a phone line?

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by rob

I just bought some Nextel wireless modems for the company I work for they plug into the PCMCIA slot and click a button and your on, they are a brand new product, you use Nextel air time like a cell phone except you get charged a one time a month flat rate of $54.99. I haven't used it enough to tell you all about it because I just got it but it seems pretty cool though. One draw back is it is only 56k.

Rob

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