From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 19 00:17:08 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7BF037B401 for ; Thu, 19 Jun 2003 00:17:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailhub02.unibe.ch (mailhub02-skge0.unibe.ch [130.92.9.53]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C0F143FA3 for ; Thu, 19 Jun 2003 00:17:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from roth@iam.unibe.ch) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailhub02.unibe.ch (Postfix) with ESMTP id D666176441; Thu, 19 Jun 2003 09:17:05 +0200 (MEST) Received: from mailhub02.unibe.ch ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mailhub02 [127.0.0.1:10024]) (amavisd-new) with LMTP id 26593-01-41; Thu, 19 Jun 2003 09:17:05 +0200 (MEST) Received: from asterix.unibe.ch (asterix.unibe.ch [130.92.64.4]) by mailhub02.unibe.ch (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D14A76447; Thu, 19 Jun 2003 09:17:05 +0200 (MEST) Received: from speedy.unibe.ch (speedy [130.92.64.35]) by asterix.unibe.ch (8.11.6+Sun/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h5J7H5K01263; Thu, 19 Jun 2003 09:17:05 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from roth@localhost) by speedy.unibe.ch (8.11.6+Sun/8.10.2) id h5J7H4k26772; Thu, 19 Jun 2003 09:17:04 +0200 (MEST) Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 09:17:04 +0200 From: Tobias Roth To: Maksim Yevmenkin Message-ID: <20030619071704.GA24288@speedy.unibe.ch> Mail-Followup-To: Maksim Yevmenkin , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org References: <20030618214140.J725@korben.in.tern> <20030618202756.23226.qmail@web40311.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030618202756.23226.qmail@web40311.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Operating-System: SunOS speedy 5.8 Generic_108528-16 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-80 X-Virus-checked: by University of Berne cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GPRS + Bluetooth on FreeBSD (was: Support for Xircom CreditCard Bluetooth adapter?) X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 07:17:09 -0000 On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 01:27:56PM -0700, Maksim Yevmenkin wrote: > unrelated to the topic: i would like to know about people's experiences with > GPRS + Bluetooth on FreeBSD. is it usable in real life or more like a toy? > what it your usage of such configuration in the real life? what is the price > range? what is the normal speed? is GPRS connection stable? is GPRS coverage > any good? is that a reasonable configuration for road warrior type scenario? works well enoufh for me. The speed is something between a 33.6 and a 56k modem, so it's what was using for quite some time before I got lucky enough to get a cable connection. i use it mostly for looking up information on the web and for mailing. as for the price of access and transfer, I am again lucky enough to get it free from my employer. otherwise, it'd be expensive as hell: $7.5/MB and $3.25/Month base tax. different price models double the monthly fee and half the cost per MB (better, but still expensive). the stability of the connection seems good, although I have only used it for a couple of days so far. the same goes for the coverage, though since I live in a very small country, it is usually well covered, particularly along the railway tracks and highways. to sum it up, at least for the time it's free for me, it's a very handy thing to have. definitely more than a toy. when I will have to pay again (or even before, to improve speed), maybe a gzipping, ad-blocking proxy combined with a local http and dns cache and of course imap will help.