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To: Ron McKinnon who wrote (16558)10/1/1998 7:27:00 PM
From: DanZ  Read Replies (3) of 53068
 
OT - computer question.

Ok, this might sound stupid but here it goes.

Does anybody know of a PCMCIA card that offers a wireless connection to the Internet? Maybe this is beyond the realm of today's technology, but I seem to remember reading something about this somewhere. It might be a future "Bluetooth" product that isn't available yet.

One way to do this is to have a wireless connection to a phone line and then dial an ISP. This is not the preferred method since it would probably require me to plug a transceiver into a phone line and locate the computer a short distance away. This isn't very mobile and only eliminates the wire between the computer and the phone jack. IBM has a product like this but it's not really what I'm looking for.

Another way is for the PCMCIA card to communicate with a satellite or transceiver station using digital or analog signals. This is similar to how cellular telephones work, I think. I'm looking for something very mobile since I travel a lot. My goal is to turn on my laptop, plug in a PCMCIA card, and connect to the Internet through an ISP that supports wireless connections. Has anybody heard of anything like this or am I asking a totally bogus question? If a product like this doesn't exist, who wants to go into business with me to design one? LOL A product like this would probably be in very high demand.

Thanks,
Dan
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