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They must've dropped the modem recently. My Toshiba 'satellite' is about six months old and it has a conventional phone jack on the back... a cat6 jack on the left side... AND a wireless. Ain't technology wonderful?bloke wrote:My new Toshiba (Windows 7) laptop is a great box, but apparently they deemed a phone modem and phone cord connection passé and omitted it. ....
I have one of those for my laptop (for only 10GBP per month as part of mobile phone contract). Useful, but not as good as broadband line. Bandwidth does not seem directly linked with signal strength. I can at times get good mobile signal, but a connection which takes 5 minutes to download emails - mostly when in school holidays. I guess all those kids on their mobiles all day???MartyNeilan wrote:you may want to consider one of those "wireless Internet" cards that is basically a cell phone modem.
The underlined portion may be what is keeping him from pulling the trigger. When I was at his house with my Verizon Blackberry, I had decent reception in his house. I sent bloke a PM back recommending that he at least look into the possibility of a Verizon mobile broadband service that has (this is the kicker) the ability to add an external antenna. I believe the PCMCIA cards have that ability, but the flash-drive-like modems (while adorable) do not. In fact, bloke might (emphasis on "might") be able to get a mobile broadband router that will take the PCMCIA card. This way you can place the router and antenna at the best location in your house for service and the router can provide the connectivity to all wifi computers in your home. I dunno if it is a real possibility, but worth a try.MartyNeilan wrote:Joe - you may want to consider one of those "wireless Internet" cards that is basically a cell phone modem. Looks like a USB memory stick, and you can get (relatively) high speed Internet anywhere you get a cell signal.]
Did you say some months back that you can get cable internet, but that you didn't want to pay for the TV? If that is the case, I would just buckle down and get the TV and internet and enjoy the speed and reliability.I also use Newegg for most of my tech purchases and don't hesitate to buy Rosewill products that meet my needs. I've only had one 'lemon' and that was a cheap 6' HDMI cable that cost less than $5 with free shipping. I simply discarded it because return shipping would have doubled my cost. I have Rosewill computer cases, power supplies (ONLY with ball bearing fans, not sleeve bearings), internal card readers, wireless N usb adapters, laptop coolers, mice and keyboards, and a KVM switch. I picked up a visually appealing $80 Rosewill cross-cut 11 sheet shredder on Black Friday for $40 with free shipping and I used it for my family exchange Christmas gift. Everyone has documents that should be shredded before they are recycled so I figured whoever got it could use it. My pack-rat brother-in-law didn't seem thrilled to draw it, but my sister seemed to like it and promptly put it in his office.LANShark wrote:FWIW, I always use Newegg for all of my tech purchases, and I've had good luck with the various Rosewill products I've bought.
$60 a month? No thanks. $25 once seems to make a lot more sense to me.TubaTodd wrote:The underlined portion may be what is keeping him from pulling the trigger.MartyNeilan wrote:Joe - you may want to consider one of those "wireless Internet" cards that is basically a cell phone modem. Looks like a USB memory stick, and you can get (relatively) high speed Internet anywhere you get a cell signal.]