Rural high-speed?

James Knott james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Mon May 19 12:13:47 UTC 2008


John McGregor wrote:
> Evan Leibovitch wrote:
>> HOWEVER. They're now too far from Bell to do Sympatico DSL and _way_ too
>> out of Rogers' reach.
>>
>> Are they doomed to dialup? Are there any satellite or other high-speed
>> options?
>>
>>
>>   
> Do they have cell phone service? Rogers has a cell based high speed 
> service that might work. It's $49.95 / mo.
> Details here:
>
> http://www.rogers.com/web/content/internet-portable
>

I don't believe that service has anything to do with cell phones as the 
bandwidth available is much greater than what the cell network can 
support.  There is a cell phone based data service, but it is very 
*EXPENSIVE*!!!


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