best laptop& mobil internet

[ABADASP]

Picked up a 43' diesel pusher motor home and need mobile internet conection.What would you recommend for a laptop, and what is the best mobile connection. RV satellite hook up that I have seen is $6,000, seems a bit high for internet hookup.

 

[Joseph Dell]

$79 / month from Verizon for aircard service. Or $29 / month from TMOBILE. These provide dial-up speeds over cellular. The aircard itself (works with any laptop) is a one time fee of ~200.

I use Verizon and it works just about anywhere.

JD

 

[cayenne]

I am starting to look into this. I just got a new SprintPCS phone...a sanyo with the picture phone/internet options.

The internet connection and photo options are $15/mo...and these minutes do not count towards your voice minutes. Anyway, I've read that you can get a cable for the phone that will connect to your laptop...and act as your 'mobile internet connection'. I've heard speeds are much faster than a dial up connection...but, slower than high speed broad band...but, if you use it a lot, $15mo unlimited service isn't bad...

I'm not sure what kind of software you have to have on a Windows laptop, but, if you are running Linux on it...it supposedly picks up the connection almost automatically!!

Here's a link to setting it up on a Linux box:
http://www.natecarlson.com/linux/sanyo-4900.php

And here's a quote from one of the USENET searches I found on this:
"Just about any Sanyo 3G phone can be
installed on a 'nix box using a USB cable and the ACM USB Modem kernel
module (Linux, BSD, Solaris, AIX, and a few others), so you can treat it as
a modem. You just dial #777 w/ no username or password and your on the
Sprint wireless network. Works like a charm."

I think you have to buy software for Win...but, I'm sure a search would turn up info on this. I'm going to try this when I get a laptop...

HTH,

cayenne.................................

 

[TacDoc]

ABADASP, as for the Laptop, go for the ALIENWARE AREA-51M. I just received my new one, it is always a hands down winner in testing. www.alienware.com

 

[ABADASP]

Thanks alot for your help. It is hell growing up in the time of slide rules and typewriters. I will be looking into these ideas. Mike