At 11:54 AM 7/15/97 -0700, Steve Schear wrote:
For those outside of Metricom's coverage areas, NovaTel Wireless http://www.novatelwireless.com is introducing a CDPD modem specifically designed for the Pilot. Their Minstrel modem offers TCP/IP data rates up to 19.2 kbps over analog cellular. Coverage in most US metropolitan areas
On the other hand, CDPD is relatively expensive; Metricom charges flat rate, while CDPD is generally some pennies per KB, which may be more or less expensive than circuit-switched modem connections over cellular voice depending on your usage patterns. But it's widely available.
Clearly CDPD is too expensive for Web surfing and large amounts of email traffic. As an electronic purse for ecash commerce (esp. funds transfer) it just might be practical --Steve PGP mail preferred, see http://web.mit.edu/network/pgp.html RSA Fingerprint: FE 90 1A 95 9D EA 8D 61 81 2E CC A9 A4 4A FB A9 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Schear | tel: (702) 658-2654 ECache Monger | fax: (702) 658-2673 First ECache Corporation | 7075 West Gowan Road | Suite 2148 | Las Vegas, NV 89129 | Internet: azur@netcom.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------