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["Christian Stalberg" <cpsr_rtp AT internet-lab.com>]

Great. Thanks for the info Lyman. Any word on pricing once this goes
commercial? Anybody?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lyman Green" <daerid AT io.com>
To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/";
<internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 5:38 PM
Subject: Re: [SPAM] Re: [internetworkers] Nextel Broadband Wireless
pilot/beta


>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Christian Stalberg" <cpsr_rtp AT internet-lab.com>
> To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/";
> <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 7:17 PM
> Subject: [SPAM] Re: [internetworkers] Nextel Broadband Wireless pilot/beta
>
>
> > I too am participating in the Nextel Broadband trial as I'm in the
> 'sticks'
> > (Chatham/Durham County border). Do any of you know - assuming the trail
> > turns out peachy cream (August time frame if I recall correctly)- if
> they'll
> > offer this 'solution' to desktops?
> >
> The pilot/trial/beta runs to August 31st, according to the Nextel rep who
> sent me my stuff.
> The answer to your question is yes, they will (or even do, I'm not sure)
> provide support for desktop wireless cards.  I asked this specifically and
> the Nextel L1 support rep I was talking to said yes.  Of course, he might
> have been an idiot, but...
>
> FYI: I sorted out my VPN problems with the Nextel connection - turns out
> MTU's have to be set to 1300 on the Nextel NIC card.  The Cisco VPN client
> comes with a gui app to change this and then everything worked flawlessly.
>
> Unfortunately, I do not have a decent Nextel signal here at the house
> (Chatham County, 10 miles south on 751 from Southpoint mall).  I could get
a
> signal, but it was weak and wasn't staying steady.  This was with the
> standard antenna attached to the PC Card.
>
> I am not truly surprised - only a little disappointed.  It would appear
> Nextel is using the tower that Verizon was using when I had a Verizon
phone.
> My Cingular phone, on the other hand, must use some other tower because I
> get 3 to 5 bars on my Cingular phone and have never lost a signal out
here.
> Verizon I lost the signal and now this nextel broadband card too.  Still,
it
> works great at work in Durham, and I know it works in Cary, so that's a
good
> thing.  I haven't tried carrying the laptop outside of the house yet to
see
> what that will do (out of curiosity's sake, I have no intention of using
my
> laptop outside all the time....)
>
> There is a little antenna wire and I wonder if that will help.
>
> Lyman
>
>
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