Re: How to minimize upload time/cost
From: Dave Satchell (dsatchell_at_REMOVECAPSaustindvd.net)
Date: 08/16/04
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Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 12:03:44 -0500
Get an account with T-Mobile and add unlimited internet for $20. Then
get one of their bluetooth enabled phones like the Nokia 3660, get (or
add) bluetooth to your laptop, and upload all your files that way. I
would check the map of the areas first to make sure that they will have
internet access in those areas but it should work fine. I'm not sure
about the actual transfer speed though I believe it is around 96k. I
would check with T-Mobile though as there is a new generation of phones
that may be coming out soon that will make the connections even faster.
I do this with my phone and laptop all the time and the nice thing about
bluetooth is that you won't have to take your phone out and connect it,
plus you can get a bluetooth wireless headset so another thing you won't
have to connect.
You can also check out http://www.howardforums.com , this is a web site
dedicated to all things cell phone related and is broken down by
manufacturer and provider.
Dave.
Mike Jacoubowsky wrote:
> I visit France each year for the Tour de France, and attempt to update our
> website with photos & stories each day. Unfortunately, Internet
> connectivity in some parts of France is non-existent (the top of Alpe d'Huez
> is one such place). As a result, I often waste a lot of time trying to find
> some way to connect to a local phone line or find the mythical Internet Cafe
> (the one at Alpe d'Huez was useless; it was a bunch of computers hooked up
> to dial-up lines, and they wouldn't allow you to use your own).
>
> So next year I'm thinking I ought to just bite the bullet and do it via my
> GSM/GPRS phone. The catch? It's expensive. At .0127 per *kilobyte*, you
> get about $13/megabyte. Ouch! So the question is, how do I make the
> absolute best-possible use of the connection? Or, specifically-
>
> When you log on, what's the nature of the traffic going back & forth between
> your server and your laptop? What can be done to minimize this? And
> finally, how does one avoid the dreaded "time out" errors that you often get
> when updating a large website across a slow connection?
>
> Thanks in advance-
>
> --Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
> www.ChainReactionBicycles.com
>
>
>
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