RE: GSM or CDMA for mobile email and database?

Does anyone know how to get in contact with Simon?

My email message to him are refused, and the Fastmail people say it's
his server that is misconfigured.

Max.

On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 08:31:17 +0800, "Simon Cousins"
<simon-MTRkitCQmL6jF/[email protected]> said:
> 
> Well, I ended up buying a Huawei EC321 PCMCIA card with a China Unicom
> CDMA
> SIM.  I've been using it in a Windows XP laptop (sorry, haven't been able
> to
> test under Linux!!!) but under Doze it has worked flawlessly.  It
> consistently connects all over Beijing (even from a taxi at 80Km/hour on
> the
> 5th ring road) at 230.4Kbps.  The China Unicom data service has been 100%
> reliable, and costs a flat 98 yuan a month, with unlimited traffic and
> connections.
> 
> The Huawei software is impressive (I attached a screendump): fully
> English,
> handles calls and SMS as well as data.  The card comes with a
> earpiece/mic
> so the laptop now doubles as a mobile phone.
> 
> All up cost for the card and the Unicom SIM was 800 yuan.  I couldn't be
> happier, and I'm now very impressed with Huawei (which I have recently
> seen
> described as "the Cisco of China".
> 
> I also bought a USB version for a desktop: same great success.
> 
> Anyone have Linux performance to report?
> 
> S.
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: blug-tech-bounces-+qp3TudyjKPvfBIPTTProkB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org [mailto:blug-tech-
> > [email protected]] On Behalf Of David
> > Sent: Thursday, 27 April 2006 10:22 PM
> > To: Beijing LUG technical questions and assistance - Publicly posted
> > Subject: Re: [blug-tech] GSM or CDMA for mobile email and database?
> > 
> > On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 12:23:31PM +0800, Simon Cousins wrote:
> > hi:
> >      I used CDMA wireless card under Gentoo Linux for a month.
> > 	 It works well! But one of may classmates often encounters
> > 	 disconnect under Windows. I don't why!
> > 	 So, if you could read in Chinese(I'm new to BLUG, don't know you),
> > 	 you can read http://zh.gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_CDMA_Wireless_Card, a
> > 	 tip written by me tells how to surport a CDMA card on Linux.
> > 	 and if you have any other question, just call me(number on rear the
> > 	 mail), send email
> > > Dear Bluggers,
> > >
> > > I have to set up a mini wireless network for basic internet access at
> > the
> > > Beijing Convention Centre in early June.  They do offer ADSL feeds but
> > the
> > > prices are astronomical.
> > >
> > > I'm thinking about buying a GSM (China Mobile) or CDMA (Unicom) SIM for
> > data
> > > use, and an appropriate PC Card for a Windows laptop.  I would love to
> > hear
> > > Bluggers' experiences with the relative merits: I understand that CDMA
> > is
> > > faster than GSM, for example?
> > >
> > > Main usage will be for perhaps 3 to 5 simultaneous users doing basic
> > email,
> > > and to access an Oracle database via a browser app.
> > >
> > > Best regards in advance, and I will summarise to the list.
> > >
> > > S.
> > >
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> > --
> > best wishes
> >                                                    David Chen
> > 
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