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Spend a little more up front and less on your monthly operating. Get a PalmOS-based phone and use PDAnet. I have, for instance, a Treo 600. Mine is from Sprint and is CDMA but there are GSM versions available for other carriers. With PDAnet, the PDA Hotsync cable becomes the modem cable and the Treo is the modem. Speed should be 0.7-2 times normal 56K modem speed. Sprint's unlimited Vision data plan, in which 'unlimited' really means 'up to about 1GB/month', runs something like $15 on top of the phone plan and does not use minutes. My 600 minute/month + Vision plan runs $64/month including taxes, etc. PDAnet is around $30. The Treo can be had for $300 and up after activation rebates. Added benefits would be all the additional capabilities you can do on the Treo. I already have Mochasoft's TN5250 and a VPN client on it, get my corporate and personal email through it, surf various sites on the bundled browser, etc. Very, very versatile and extendable. I also use it to check the weather forecast and traffic conditions, play games, do text-to-speech, capture audio/video using the camera, use it as an MP3 player. I even use the original Palm apps to track my calendar, contacts (with Outlook syncronization, of course), notes, etc. John A. Jones Americas Security Officer Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. V: +1-630-455-2787 F: +1-312-601-1782 John.Jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- Wed, 26 May 2004 09:16:07 -0400 > Looking for recommendations on best "cheap" PC. Would be used > mostly for internet,email and work access (CA or Mocha Soft). Prefer > small footprint as desk at home not very large. > > Also, anyone had any luck with cellular modems. My phone is a Nokia > from Cingular. Speed not real important would be used for net/work > access probably less than 20 hrs month. Also, cheap ISP? This email is for the use of the intended recipient(s) only. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and then delete it. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not keep, use, disclose, copy or distribute this email without the author's prior permission. We have taken precautions to minimize the risk of transmitting software viruses, but we advise you to carry out your own virus checks on any attachment to this message. We cannot accept liability for any loss or damage caused by software viruses. The information contained in this communication may be confidential and may be subject to the attorney-client privilege. If you are the intended recipient and you do not wish to receive similar electronic messages from us in future then please respond to the sender to this effect.
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