Internet Connection Anywhere.. PC Card or ????

Question

Hello Everyone,   Calling on all the Dell Experience of the COMMUNITY. What is the best way for me to go as far as Internet Connection when I'm away from the house?   I have a new Dell Inspiron 8600 and had purchased a Cincular Erickson EDGE PC card but the thing just would not work reliably. Is anyone out there using something that is fairly reasonably priced and that works with a Dell PC???   Please let me know...   ARTAX1955

mattcowger · Answer

My guess is the problem lies with Cingular's covereage being pretty bad. You basically need a carrier with the best coverage in your area - that likely means Verizon.

PSMINN · Answer

It's a shame you can't get the edge card to work. I haven't had any trouble using Cingular with my motorola t720 and my socket pc card and my I8600 to access the internet. It's slow, but in a pinch it's very reliable. From traveling in a car across the Ohio turnpike to traveling up highway 101 from LA to SF, I've been able to send emails, use AIM for instant messaging, search Google, etc. For me, Cingular's been great.

Pam

Message Edited by PSMINN on 10-24-2004 12:13 PM

Artax1955 · Answer

Hi,   Thanks for the encouragement. I went back to Cingular and requested the Nokia D311 and it is working fine. It is slower than the Ericsson PC Card but it gives me Internet away from the house. I was using my V400 and Motorola Phone tools before but it is such a hassle to connect the phone and then if I get a call I just have to do too many things.   The Nokia D311 works fine w/Data connect loaded on my laptop.   I also like Cingular and have SBC DSL and SBC phones...They give you 20% discount on Cingular bill if you have the combined billing.   So do you have a PC card or are you using your Cell phone as Modem??   Arthur

Artax1955 · Answer

Thanks for the encouragement. I went back to Cingular and requested the Nokia D311 and it is working fine. It is slower than the Ericsson PC Card but it gives me Internet away from the house. I was using my V400 and Motorola Phone tools before but it is such a hassle to connect the phone and then if I get a call I just have to do too many things.   The Nokia D311 works fine w/Data connect loaded on my laptop.   I also like Cingular and have SBC DSL and SBC phones...They give you 20% discount on Cingular bill if you have the combined billing.   So do you have a PC card or are you using your Cell phone as Modem??   Pam...What is I8600???   Arthur

PSMINN · Answer

Arthur,

I8600 is my inspiron 8600 laptop. I use my motorola phone as a modem with the Socket Compact Flash Card (which I insert into the pcmcia slot with a CF adapter). I'm glad you were able to get a card that works with your cingular account. I'm not willing to pay for the faster card and service that you use. I don't use my laptop much away from home, only when I'm traveling for leisure, so the slower connection works fine. I have over 4000 rollover minutes, so using my minutes to connect to the internet is no problem and the cost is very low..I pay for data connect in order for the modem to work, but it's only an additional $3/month.

Pam

Artax1955 · Answer

Your smart, I have to be crazy to be paying what I'm paying for this card but I've always wanted this easy Internet Connect. My data connect with Motorola phone tools was working fine I just wanted a PC card.   Are you a PC person...Are you in another line of work??   Art

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