FW: ncsa-discussion Digest, Vol 11, Issue 2

[Joseph Mack NA3T]

On Fri, 9 Jul 2004, Sellars, Steve wrote:

> Hi Joseph & Tanner,
>
> Is this different from the FLASH-ODFM service that Nextel had on trial & now
> is offering in the Traingle?

it is the FLASH-ODFM device

> http://www.nextelbroadband.com/ab_faqs.html#2b
>
> I thought this worked more like a cellular system? I'm using the PC Card
> version on my (Windows 2000 - yuck) laptop now, which seems to work well
> everywhere except my house (go figure!)

apparently you're right, from talking to a few people at the meeting last
night. It uses cell towers and has a proprietary protocol (ie not 3G).

> I would be interested to hear of success with Linux.

so would I. Still working on it. One of the problems is that I haven't
found a spot with a good signal yet.

Joe

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