Best Mobile Internet Service

[Dan Weaver]

More info:
On the EVDO air card, my laptop has the new express card/34 slot.
My wife's laptop has the PCMIA slot.

(Currently, there are 2 types of Data card formats available:
- PCMCIA (or PC Slot) - this is the PC Slot that is in most laptops
before 2006 (and even still in many new laptops). Some popular
laptops don't have a PC Slot (iBook or PowerBook 12 inch).

- ExpressCard - this is a new format that just started coming out in
2006 and at some point, it will be the primary connection. By 2007,
70% of laptops will have ExpressCards and not PC Slots.

So, if you have a new laptop, determine if it has a PC Slot or an
ExpressCard (BTW, ExpressCard comes in two different sizes 34mm or
54mm sizes, most laptops use the ExpressCard/34 size).)

If we were to do EVDO today, I would buy a package deal off the EVDO
forum link of a Kyocera KR1 Router (the router has a PCMIA EVDO card
slot, then broadcasts wifi to computers in range), with an EVDO
PCMIA card, and an external antenna. I would set up the PCMIA EVDO
card in my wife's laptop, and then from then on have the router
serve both laptops via that card.

This would build a wifi EVDO card "connectivity" network for
computers in range, work at home, and on the road in the coach. You
could then also optionally provide the wifi security code with
coaches parked near you, so they could also connect via your KR1
modem/EVDO card.

I am currently on Comcast cable high speed – but looking into
converting to EVDO for at home and on the road connectivity.

There are many links on the EVDO forum – some lead to verizons site
to determine what speed they offer in your home area.

Dan


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Dan Weaver"
wrote:
>
> This forum is the best I found on the subject:
> http://www.evdoforums.com/index.php
>
> Dan
> 94 BMC 37'
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Rob Robinson"
> wrote:
> >
> > I'd like to ask those who connect to the internet using Verizon
PC
> cards for
> > their recommendations. So far I've found four available cards
> PC5740, V620,
> > KPC650 and V640. From what Verizon tells me it is the Plan I
> select that
> > determines the speed. They say the Broadband Access is the
> fastest. Is it
> > your experience that any of the above PC cards will do the job
or
> is one
> > better than another. Thanks for your info.
> >
> > --
> > Rob, Sue & Merlin Robinson
> > 94 WLWB
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>