Thanks Jon, I googled aircard and it showed me what it is. Sorry about
misrepresenting you. I'm more of a pots and pans guy...........
Skip
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Wennerberg" <jonwennerberg@nancyandjon.org>
To: "Skip Higginbotham" <saltrat@pahrump.com>
Cc: <drmayf@mayfco.com>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 11:22
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] IN Car Communications
Skip (and the rest of youse guys):
The way I connect to the internet at the salt IS NOT wi-fi -- just for the
sake of this discussion. Rather it uses a bit of hardware and software and
connects to the internet through the stream of information on the cell phone
network (basically, everywhere depending on who your carriers is. Verizon
covers 100% of the salt flats).
I know that we've had zero issues with it losing signal when driving down
the road, for instance. Yes, it loses signal when we go through a tunnel,
but not through railroad overpasses or highway overheads, etc. There aren't
too many tunnels on the salt flats surface, so that shouldn't be a problem.
The data rate is fairly good -- in the range of 750kb - 1Mb/second. Photos
are generally the largest files I send and receive - and they take a handful
of seconds, not minutes. So - you could expect to have relatively fast
response time for sending data.
The thingie that connects to the internet is about thumb-size and plugs into
a USB port. At the beginning of a session we must go through a startup
routine, but that's 20 seconds or so, and it stays hooked up for as long as
12 hours at a time.
As for conversations with a driver -- well, I've never used Skype, but
that's about the thing that Mayf wants, right -- two way voice
communications and also some data. That'd all go through the little
internet thingie, for sure. I could show it to you -- but will have to get
a photo of it and post it someplace other than here. Let me know if you're
interested in seeing the "aircard", as we call it.
Jon a/k/a Seldom Seen Slim
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