GL: Verizon wireless options

[Rich Gano]

Thanks, that's the kind of input I am wanting.  For home use at the desktop,
I think I am going to go the Larry Brown route and get a router I can plug
the card into.  On the road, it's card-into-laptop.  The monthly cost rises
from 25 bucks for my DSL-lite to 60 a month for the Verizon BB with the
added benefit of portability.  I guess the portability is worth the extra
money.
  -----Original Message-----
  From: Randy Pickelmann [mailto:rwp_48@yahoo.com]
  Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 7:58 AM
  To: great-loop@lists.samurai.com
  Cc: ganor@bellsouth.net; Ken
  Subject: Verizon wireless options


  Rich, Ken and All,
  After using a Verizon cellular phone cabled to our laptop for several
years, we switched to the Verizon Wireless Broadband aircard this spring.
We used it all the way up the ICW going to the Chesapeake and the only place
it didn't work was about 50 miles in North Carolina, in the Alligator River
area.  This is the area that Phil Rosch refers to as Cell Phone Hell.  We
couldn't be happier, to the point that we cancelled our DSL service at home,
as well as our regular home telephone service.  We are now cellular,all the
way.  Its not as fast as the DSL but its close enough to suit us.  We use no
other gear...no external antenna or amplifier.  This allowed us to cruise
and allowed me to keep tabs on my business.
  Regards,
  Randy Pickelmann
  hard aground in Clearwater
  MORNING STAR
  lying in New Bern
  www.morningstar.talkspot.com