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- From: bob@MorningStar.Com
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Date: 17 Jul 92 22:16 MDT
- Subject: Re: Why not PEP over cellular?
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- In article <clemon.08f0@lemsys.UUCP> clemon@lemsys.UUCP (Craig Lemon VE3XCL) writes:
- Generally it is accepted, however, that when trying to carry on a
- high-speed data connection via cellular, you will have the sense to
- stop driving :-).
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- Why would I want to restrict myself to not driving while my connection
- is open? After I conduct my interactive business and hit the road,
- there may still be a long FTP transfer or source tree rdist or NNTP
- update (often all the above, simultaneously) that don't require my
- attention. I can pitch my SPARCbook in the other seat, with its disk
- and modem still grinding away, and forget about it. After my notebook
- and the office server are in sync and the traffic dies down, the PPP
- link will idle out and hang up the cell call. And shortly after that,
- the SPARCbook will shut itself down to conserve its batteries (unless
- I have it plugged into the car's power bus, which Mazda has cleverly
- camouflaged as a cigarette lighter socket :-).
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