Re: relatively nice cellular WAN connectivity for FreeBSD

John Utz wrote:
> 
> Hi;
> 
> recall that last november some of us got our pants in a bunch over the
> fact that sprintpcs was giving away free sierra wireless cards and 6
> months of free connectivity.
> 
> but the cards didnt work with freebsd at the time because they where
> multifunction serial cards.
> 
> i dont know if they work today, but i no longer care because i have
> switched to verizon wireless and i am getting very good results with a
> Kyocera 2235 phone via my serial cable.

I have one of those cards (the Aircard 520 IIRC), they don't work
anymore,
at least the service doesn't seem to be there anymore.  If you try to 
connect the number you dial into just rings and rings.  Annoyingly 
Sprint keeps billing me for the 70 cent per month bill those things
had.  I think I'm up to like $3 or something.  If you try to talk to
someone at Sprint to get the bills stopped they all just get confused
and tell you they don't know what you're talking about.  I'm hoping 
if I build up a big enough bill someone who knows what's going on 
will try to call me, or maybe just disconnect me entirely. 

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