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Portable Internet.
A little device that receives internet service directly from satellites so when you go to any computer you take the internet with you.
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"it has to send data back to the satellite by his own or using a land line", well, the software and hardware already exists, how do
you think the data got up there in the first place?
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The Portable Internet can connect to any computer via a USB port and provide instant internet access.
AT&T's version
http://www.wireless...top/modem-cards.jsp
[21 Quest, Oct 08 2007]
Sony Ericsson GC-89
http://t-mobile.com...2-9017-0c6bc3f4ad5a
[21 Quest, Oct 08 2007]
GC-89 Review
http://www.tech-faq...n-gc89-review.shtml
//All you need to do is plug this card into your laptop or notepad and you have instant access. // [21 Quest, Oct 08 2007]
Satellite phone computer integration
http://www.outfitte...om/iridium_data.htm
[jutta, Oct 08 2007]
Movable satellite uplink
http://eduscapes.com/mm/motosat/
Dish hooked up to a motorhome, cool! Mentions exorbitant pricing of the hand-held satellite phones. [jutta, Oct 08 2007, last modified Oct 09 2007]
[::] barcode
http://www.flickr.c...127@N05/1246168458/
[beanangel, Oct 11 2007, last modified Oct 12 2007]
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Baked by the GC-89 wireless internet card, available from T-Mobile. At least, it was available when I worked there, I'm sure they've got an updated version of it now. Also quite widely known to exist, judging by how many calls I got from folks wanting to buy one. I'll look for a link. |
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Unless it's your only option, you really don't want personal wireless access directly via satellite. Bandwidth is high, but so's the latency, and it's much more expensive than the more widely used wireless phone based interfaces. |
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I'm surprised that someone is familiar with existing technology to the point of "inventing" this, yet doesn't know that it exists! |
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Ok, I guess the GC-89 isn't satellite-based, it uses towers like cell phones. I'm not really sure how cellphone internet works, to be honest, because I know it's possible to have full phone reception without internet connectivity. I think they use different towers is all, but I'm not certain. I only worked in sales and customer service, I never worked IT or tech support. |
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In its simplest form, you can just use a normal GSM cellphone with a modem. The speed won't be good (about 9600 bits/s, I think) but it is mobile Internet and has existed for many years. More modern things like 3G cards would give better speed. |
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Ah, so it's like the internet, only it's portable. |
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I thought of a way to make it work |
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satelite flares are visible at google earth; to make an object big enough for a spy satellite to see it you could have a thing like a laserpointer flash glyphs or dots around a meterish radius of the laptop; big enough for even publicly known satellites to see IR so it is nonvisible to persons; basically like coded diasco lighting around you that the satellite can see |
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kind of like a glittery version of few meter radius 3d barcode a satellite can see plus a make magazine thing I saw on laying out yard sized squares to make videogame scenes visible from google earth |
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Nice link [jutta] - looks like a very geared up pair of hippies to me. |
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