Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!killer!vector!nobody From: drd!mark@uunet.UU.NET (Mark Lawrence) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Telecommunicating from the Boonies Message-ID: Date: 31 Aug 88 21:51:50 GMT Sender: chip@vector.UUCP Reply-To: drd!mark@uunet.UU.NET (Mark Lawrence) Lines: 21 Approved: telecom-request@vector.uucp (USENET Telecom Moderator) X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 8, issue 138, message 4 X-Submissions-To: telecom@xx.lcs.mit.edu (Mailing List Coordinator) X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.uucp (USENET Telecom Moderator) We have a customer who wants to do some mobile data communication. He has a car phone, see, and a computer and a modem and he wants to telecommunicate using his modem and carphone much as if he were at his desk. One problem -- this is in the boonies of western Canada and the carphone he has is a radio mobile phone, not the dial-type cellular phones we get spoiled with in metro areas. Seems it works more like a CB than a phone. Question: does anybody have any pointers as to how to use a modem in a situation like this? Are there special products (which don't require the leasing of a satellite channel and special video compression equipment or some such hi-tech nonsense) that handle datacomm in this kind of situation? Any experiences and pointers to vendors or consultants would be appreciated. Mark -- 5506 South Lewis | [uunet!apctrc,romed,tulsun]!drd!mark Tulsa, Ok 74105 (918)664-9010 | mlawrence@jarsun1.ZONE1.COM "Any Quantum Mechanic in the Service would give a month's pay to get his hands on one of these babies..." -- Forbidden Planet