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To: Doug B. who wrote (32388)	9/5/1999 12:29:00 AM
From: Doug B.	Read Replies (3) of 70976

OT - but silicon-related. Does anyone manufacture a combination wireless communication/modem device in a PCMCIA card? I'm sitting here at my laptop, which is networked to my fixed machine at 100 Mb/s by a 50' ethernet cable. This is really wonderful because I can take my laptop anywhere in the house - including the hammock on the back porch or the "reading room." This is really swell, but wouldn't it be great if I could just jam in a card with a 3" antenna sticking out the side and be on the 'net in the middle of nowhere? And why not put a GPS receiver on the same piece of silicon, since we've already incurred the hassle of the antenna? Is this sort of thing still science fiction, or can I buy one for $199.95? What sort of communications and transmission technologies are available in a single unit (if any), i.e. cellular/56k, or PCS/DSL (probably unreasonable examples since these physical layers are designed to go over copper, but hopefully the idea is clear.) What kind of bandwidth might I be able to expect? I know next to nothing about wireless, but I figured someone here might have a broad enough understanding to put the pieces together. Thanks in advance, Doug

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