Hi, i am presently doing work in Afghanistan and suffering from
primitive internet access but there appears to be a kinda solution but
i wanted to check with the networking gurus out there first.
The situation:
We have a 64kbps satellite connection that costs us $300/mo (robbery
if you ask me but hey) and the real kick in the pants is that this is
shared between as many as 10 users (normally 3-4 though). One of the
mobile phone providers here just started offering unlimited GPRS
access for $20 a months, so that seems like a possible (cheaper)
alternative. I was thinking about setting up the higher level staff
with their own GPRS service and then setting up our router with its
own mobile phone for the rest of the staff (that don't need internet
access but hey). So, we have a linksys WRT54G router that is enabling
us to share our satellite connection at the moment, would it be
possible (and not too expensive in terms of adapters etc) to connect
the router to an "always on phone" so the staff would still have net
access? Also, since i have never played with GPRS before any
recommendations, advice, pointing out of caveats (remember, we have an
uber expensive satellite as the only other alternative at the moment).
Also, would there be a way to say daisy-chain a few GPRS connections
to get an even faster speed? (probably a pipedream but i just though
I'd ask).
Cheers
-Gaiko
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