[tomzz]

She might be able to use blue tooth and a cell phone, but that's not something I've ever worked with. Pinging some folks who might know more.

Bluetooth uses more energy than you'd want for internet usage. Most people use a tether cable and a cellphone. Unlimited data access with Cingular is an extra 20 a month which is money well spent near as I can tell. It's about double the speed of a 56K modem which is adequate for most email and browsing.

[RosieCotton]

There ya go...good info. So Cingular acts as an ISP and gives you a number to call, or how does that work?

I've never used a cell phone for internet, so I'm curious.

[Rudder]

Unlimited data access with Cingular is an extra 20 a month which is money well spent near as I can tell. It's about double the speed of a 56K modem which is adequate for most email and browsing.

Yeah baby! That sounds like the ticket...it enables a truly mobile interconnection, and for only 20 smackeroos a month.

I knew something like this existed, but I've beeen ignorant of the operational details--Thanks!

[TalonDJ]

Depends on what you are doing on the net. I don't have any powers issues with it for light email and FR posting use. Beats the heck out of digging up wires and juggling stuff. I can dig up the laptop and check mapquest while I am still driving.