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Re: GPRS/GSM Internet access

Thank you to everyone that replied to my last email. I should have been more specific.....

If anyone that has experience with using GPRS or GSM on a mac.. I really need to talk to you!
I am having problems with the speed at which I am connecting to the phone I am using, and I *know* it is a macintosh problem. The max speed I can connect at is 4800 bps. In my office, if I walk 3 meters over and sit down at a pc and connect using the same phone and provider, I get connected at 57600! Im not sure what is causing the problem on the mac, but I hope that if I can find someone that uses GPRS on a mac and can connect at a higher baud than I can ( no matter where in the world they are ), I can figure out what is going wrong on my machine.

-Morgan

On Friday, June 21, 2002, at 11:58 AM, Horst Hoesel wrote:

Hi Morgan,

If you are using GSM that's how it is. If the connection is good you might
be able to get a roaring 9600, but GSM ends there. Except for HSCSD you
would have 14.4 kbps, but as far as I know this is not offered in the US.

For GPRS you should be able to obtain up to 56 kBps (4 channels downlink,
still 9.6 kbs one channel uplink) or even more if you are able to get more
channels. But getting more channels is currently not very likely and depends
on the provider, your subscription, the cell you're in, the distance to the
cell's center, and the number of other mobiles using the same cell.

To use GPRS you need a phone (with serial/USB/Blue Tooth interface) that
supports GPRS connections and a set of settings for GPRS. Besides you'll
need a SIM that supports GPRS. Most new SIMs have GPRS enabled by default,
tough.

I know his not actually what you need, but I can't give you more details as
my GPRS experience is for Germany and based on Compaq's iPaq and an external
GPRS/GSM expansion jacket.

Cheers,
Horst
Hi,

I know this post is more suited for the network programming lists, but
at this time Im not getting any responses from it, and this is an
emergency!
If any one has any experience with connecting to the net through a cell
phone over GSM or GPRS, please please please send me an email offline.
I am having great difficulty ( meaning I can't ) establish a connection
at greater than 4800 bps to the cell I am using. ( i have tried several
combinations of phones / carriers / connection method, all to no
success ). Im writing an ISP dialer and I am suppose to release an
Alpha by the end of the week!

If you have any experience with this please drop me an email.

-Morgan
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