I would expect the cellular carriers to attempt to stop the ability for
multiple computers to share a single cellular connection in the future.

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M/V aCappella
DeFever 53PH
W1ACA/WDB4350
Castine, Maine

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I use a Lynksys WRT54G3G-ST with my Kyocera card and don't know it will
support your aircard but it's supposed to be compatible with many cards. You
might check that one out. Look here:
http://www.evdoinfo.com/content/view/873/63/

A good place to get information is

http://www.evdoforums.com/

You can search for your card or the various routers for information and post
questions there.

trawlers-and-trawlering@lists.samurai.com> Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 09:57:37
-0600> Subject: T&T: Air Card Wirless Router Search> > Last year I traded the
old Verizon 5740 card in for the better 5750 card.> However, the KR-1 Wireless
Router did not support the 5750 so I gave up> wireless on the boat.>

Don't get caught with egg on your face. Play Chicktionary!
http://club.live.com/chicktionary.aspx?icid=chick_wlhmtextlink1_dec

As wireless access expands, it starts adding real costs to the cellular
providers or else everyone's performance decreases (or gets terminated).
Because of this, all of the providers have started adding new provisions in
the agreement that you agree to but never read.  For example, here are a
couple of goodies from Verizon's data card agreement (although I'm not
picking on them - all of them are doing this):

• "NationalAccess/BroadbandAccess is for individual use only"

• "While most common uses for Internet are permitted by your Data Plan,
  there are certain uses that cause extreme network capacity issues and
  interference with the network. These are not uses intended by our Data
  Access plans and are therefore prohibited."

• "If usage exceeds 5 GB per line during any billing period, we reserve the
  right to reduce throughput speeds of any application that would otherwise
  exceed such speed to a maximum of approximately 200 Kbps. These speeds are
  subject to change, in our reasonable discretion, in order to address network
  issues."

• "Accordingly, we reserve the right to deny, modify or terminate service,
  without notice, to anyone we believe is using Data Plans or Features in any
  manner that adversely impacts our network or service levels, and we also
  reserve the right to terminate service upon expiration of the Customer
  Agreement term."

This is from Verizon's 12/21/07 agreement.

The first thing that will start happening is that applications like Skype
will stop working over unlimited data plans.  They can do that very easily
and I've read about it happening already in some locations.  It wouldn't be
hard for them to limit network use to only a single computer if they wanted
to.

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M/V aCappella
DeFever 53PH
W1ACA/WDB4350
Castine, Maine

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Verizon has been the only carrier to slow your throughput or send you a
termination letter for high bandwidth usage.
Sprint has true "unlimited" data (so far). Sprint also has slightly
better high-speed EVDO coverage for data, Verizon has a little better
coverage for voice and the slower 1xRTT data connection. I have used
Sprint EVDO as my sole internet for a couple years now (with a KR-1
router and multiple computers). What I tell people asking for
recommendations is, use Sprint if they cover the areas you need to
travel, otherwise go with Verizon. I don't believe any of the other
carriers come even close to Sprint and Verizon for high speed coverage,
AT&T/Cingular is rolling out their HSPDA, but at is way behind the other
two.

Cole

Jeffrey Siegel wrote:

Sprint is the one wireless carrier that actually encourages the use
of the KR-1 Router.  They also do not require a phone account along
with their data account.  All in all, their terms of service are much
more friendly to the broadband user.

Best,

Steve

Steve Dubnoff
1966 Willard Pilothouse
www.mvnereid.com
sdubnoff@circlesys.com

Sprint has taken the lead in many of the digital capabilities.  I think
they're the only ones that have commercials showing differences in data
downloads.

But...

They're going to protect their networks just like all of the other
companies.  This is from the "Terms & Conditions" of Sprint's data plan
(http://tinyurl.com/yqsgkr):

"To protect our network, Services, or for other reasons, we may place
restrictions on accessing certain Data Content (such as certain websites,
applications, etc.), impose separate charges, limit throughput or the amount
of data you can transfer, or otherwise limit or terminate Services."

...and...

"We reserve the right to limit, suspend or constrain any heavy, continuous
data usage that adversely impacts our network performance or hinders access
to our network."

Again, there's nothing special about Sprint with this.  ALL of the carriers
do this and will most certainly limit the ability for multiple laptops to
connect to a single mobile plan at the same time in the future.  It's one of
those things to think about before purchasing multi-year plans and devices
for your boat.

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M/V aCappella
DeFever 53PH
W1ACA/WDB4350
Castine, Maine

www.activecaptain.com
Content, Communications, Community

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