Email on the road (more alternatives)

[mark grady]

The Sharp and JVC products look interesting. Our ISP is also eagerly waiting
to evaluate one of these:

http://www.hp.com/jornada/index.html List price is $999 if I remember
correctly. HP is a little short on the pipeline right now, but I saw them at
the Fullerton, CA Fry's last week.

We want to promote e-mail for those without (or who don't want access to) a
'computer'. I'll let you know what we find out as soon as we get our hands
on them.

IMHO, there have been very few bad HP products ever made.

mgrady
'77 Kingsley
North Webster, IN

____________________________________________

> Sent: Saturday, December 12, 1998 2:48 PM

> Just received this site for ability to email while on the road. Check it
> out. Not getting paid for this but have been looking for something other
> than that $2000+ setup that includes everything.
>
> http://www.cnet.com/Content/Gadgets/Showcase/InternetNow/ss03.html
>
> and ironically, received a catalog from Egghead in today's mail.
>
> Roger
>

 

[roger black]

Mark,
At around $150 to $200 these sound great for the job. Of course, the price
will drop 10-50% right after I purchase one. An ISP with an 800 # would be
exceptional. Will check them out some more.
Roger

 

[hdavis]

Having e-mail connectivity is central to my business - even when I'm "on vacation."

The technology for mobile e-mail is pretty varied, but by no means is consistently avaiable across the country.

The closest affordable non-wired Internet connection that we've found to be most reliable is an analog cell phone. Not great.
Expensive as all get out. And some ISPs will drop the connection because cell connections are limited to at most 9600 baud.
Most connections will be at 2400 or 4800 baud.

We have found a technically viable solution to mobile e-mail AND web browsing. A 2-way satellite link is available for $1300
per month, 24 hours per day, 7 days a week. Speeds are at T1 for download (actually 2 Megabit per scond) while uplink is at
66k bits per second. With the right group of users, it should be possible to share the bandwidth and therefore the cost.

"Ordinary" Satellite phones are expensive ($1.50 per minute) and limit data transmission to 2400 or 4800 bits per second.

There are a variety of regional wireless services at less than $100 per month, but the geography is highly limited.

Look very carefully at the details of the plans and services - you'll probably find out that as a practical matter you're
limited to usage in larger metropolitan areas.

Henry

Henry Davis Consulting, Inc / new product consulting
PO Box 1270 / product readiness reviews
Soquel, Ca 95073 / IP reviews
ph: (408) 462-5199 / full service marketing
fax: (408) 462-5198
http://www.henry-davis.com

 

[voyager]

I think I will use JUNO when Im on the
road. Only good for email- But its Free. I guess You can also buy a better
version that supports file attachments. I dont know anything about there
web service. Maybe able to connect from anywhere. Just Like Email Service.
Rob Teed

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gmcmotorhome
> [mailtowner-gmcmotorhome]On Behalf Of Gcbr
> Sent: Saturday, December 12, 1998 7:28 PM
> To: gmcmotorhome
> Subject: Re: GMC: Email on the road (more alternatives)
>
>
> Roger
>
> Dont think you were here when everybody was making fun of AOL.
> It seems someone even said we did not want to learn a real system.
> Well, I was on the Unix System on the university's mainframe in 69.
> Been doing it ever since. I am on AOL because I am all over the country
> during the summer. Many places I can get a local access #. If I cant
> I can call the 800# . That costs me $.10 a minute Using what AOL calls
> Flash mail I can upload 15 pieces of mail and down load 15 pieces of mail
> and be off the line in less that 1 minute. There is even an 800#
> in Canada.
> Thanksgiving I was 200 miles from home the mail kept coming from
> my mothers "fishing cabin" on a lake in the middle of nowhere. I know
> that there are problems with AOL but it solves more for me than
> it creates.
> Thats why I am at AOL.
>
> Take Care
> Arch
>
> > An ISP with an 800 # would be
> > exceptional. Will check them out some more.
> > Roger
>

 

[patrick flowers]

>
> I can call the 800# . That costs me $.10 a minute Using what AOL calls
> Flash mail I can upload 15 pieces of mail and down load 15 pieces of mail
> and be off the line in less that 1 minute. There is even an 800# in Canada.

Then you wind up at a place like Tom Johnson's(the Marion GMCMI rally
site) with one pay phone for 800 people )

Patrick
- --
Patrick Flowers
Mailtoatri63

The GMC Motorhome Page
http://www.gmcmotorhome.com

 

[heinz wittenbecher]

The Jornada is great, even for email/web browsing with it's built in modem,
but the email prog can't do plain text which means you can't submit to this
list

Hopefully that'll change as CE-PRO and the other new generation handhelds
catch on.

Heinz

>The Sharp and JVC products look interesting. Our ISP is also eagerly
waiting
>to evaluate one of these:
>
>http://www.hp.com/jornada/index.html List price is $999 if I remember
>correctly. HP is a little short on the pipeline right now, but I saw them
at
>the Fullerton, CA Fry's last week.
>
>We want to promote e-mail for those without (or who don't want access to) a
>'computer'. I'll let you know what we find out as soon as we get our hands
>on them.
>
>IMHO, there have been very few bad HP products ever made.
>
>mgrady
>'77 Kingsley
>North Webster, IN
>
>____________________________________________
>
>

>
>> Sent: Saturday, December 12, 1998 2:48 PM
>
>> Just received this site for ability to email while on the road. Check it
>> out. Not getting paid for this but have been looking for something other
>> than that $2000+ setup that includes everything.
>>
>> http://www.cnet.com/Content/Gadgets/Showcase/InternetNow/ss03.html
>>
>> and ironically, received a catalog from Egghead in today's mail.
>>
>> Roger
>>
>

 

[heinz wittenbecher]

>Having e-mail connectivity is central to my business - even when I'm "on
vacation."

That makes at least 2 of us



>We have found a technically viable solution to mobile e-mail AND web
browsing. A 2-way satellite link is available for $1300
>per month, 24 hours per day, 7 days a week. Speeds are at T1 for download
(actually 2 Megabit per scond) while uplink is at
>66k bits per second. With the right group of users, it should be possible
to share the bandwidth and therefore the cost.
>

Henry, tell me (us) more.

Heinz

 

[mike finnicum]

I would also be interested. Keep me posted. Most of
my travel is the Southeast USA.

Mike Finnicum
78 GMC Eleganza II
74 GMC 28 Stretch
http://www.songtek.com/gmc/
Naples, FL
Email: mike
Phone: (941) 775-4522

>>
>>
>> >Having e-mail connectivity is central to my business - even
>> when I'm "on
>> vacation."
>>
>> That makes at least 2 of us
>>
>>
>>
>> >We have found a technically viable solution to mobile e-mail AND web
>> browsing. A 2-way satellite link is available for $1300
>> >per month, 24 hours per day, 7 days a week. Speeds are at T1
>> for download
>> (actually 2 Megabit per scond) while uplink is at
>> >66k bits per second. With the right group of users, it should
>> be possible
>> to share the bandwidth and therefore the cost.
>> >
>>
>> Henry, tell me (us) more.
>>
>> Heinz