GL: Air Card

[Mike Hope]

Hi,

Sorry, I fat fingered that, it is a 875 not 95 and the linksys is a
WRT54G3G-AT that I got through 3gstore.com. Very easy to set up and we have
used it at home, in the motor-home and in the boat....Mike

On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 10:29 AM, Bob DeGroot <bob at saleshelp.com> wrote:

>
> Mike,
> Which Linksys router do you have? Where did you get it?
> Bob
>
> Bob DeGroot, D.C.H.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: great-loop-bounces+bob=saleshelp.com at lists.samurai.com
> [mailto:great-loop-bounces+bob=saleshelp.com at lists.samurai.com] On Behalf
> Of
> Mike Hope
> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 9:33 AM
> To: great-loop at lists.samurai.com
> Subject: Re: GL: Air Card
>
> Hi,
>
> We have a Sierra 895 with AT&T and it slides into a Linksys router, works
> well, no more sharing the card
>
>
> Mike & Marge
> "Muscavado"
>
> On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 5:53 AM, Bob Kunath <bobkunath at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I have not heard anyone mention Sprint.
> >
> > We used the Verizon AirCard for three years just about anywhere, and
> > it was OK but not great.  Six months ago we switched to Sprint for the
> > following reason:
> >
> > We have homes in IL, FL, a timeshare in Hilton Head and of course Sans
> > Souci in Wisconsin.  Although we did not use the Sprint card when we
> > did the Loop (3 years ago, we just used a cell phone interface), we
> > have found better utility from Sprint compared to our Verizon card in
> > most locations in those areas.  Lake Michigan was a toss-up, each card
> > had their poor spots.  We have not tried Canada.
> >
> > The clincher is that the Sprint Pantera card can be used with a
> > Kyocera KR1 wireless router.  So, in all locations (except in a car)
> > we first put the Pantera card in the router, which then creates a WiFi
> > network within the house or boat we are in.  Doing this we are able to
> > have 1 mb Internet in all locations that can be shared by all of our
> > notebooks.  No more DSL or Cable anywhere, just the Sprint card.  Cost
> > is about $150 for the KR1, $60/month for Sprint.
> >
> > Bob
> > --
> > Bob Kunath
> > Sans Souci, Pacific Seacraft 38T
> > Cruising Editor, Waterway Guide
> > bobkunath at gmail.com
> > cell: (847) 921-8175
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