Re: [school-discuss] This could work...

[Daniel Howard <dhhoward@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, the issue I see is getting the Internet connection through the USB 
instead of the NIC RJ-45.  Most cell phone providers that do this have a 
special set of windows drivers so the PC can talk through the USB to the 
phone and thence to the network.

Daniel


Doug Loss wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-07-10 at 15:49 -0400, Daniel Howard wrote:
> > Yes, the more I look at satellite ISP costs, the more I agree with Doug 
> > that they just may be too expensive to be sustainable.  Rats.
> >
> > So, I'd like to really explore the cell phone modem potential, even if 
> > not as reliable and only used a few times during the day.  It's been a 
> > while since I used my cell phone as a modem, any thoughts about K12LTSP 
> > compatibility?  I'll jump over to K12OSN group and post the same 
> > question there.
> I don't know about relative compatibility or incompatibility, but I did some information gathering on this very subject for NetDay South Africa back in March or April.  Let me find that email tomorrow (it's at work) and pass it along.


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Daniel Howard
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Georgia Open Source Education Foundation