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Wireless internet connection was being

Posted By: Nextel? on 2006-01-28
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advertised on T.V. last night.  It showed a man using his lap top in a room saying that he was connected to the internet wirelessly.  This sounds like the way to go for me who needs a vacation but can't afford to take one.  Has anyone investigated this?


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Wireless connection
Excuse if this posts twice----- I have two computers but only want my work PC wireless. Can this be done? Thanks.
Wireless connection

All the cell phone companies have mobile wireless service.  You buy their PC card and sign up for their service.  The service is about $50 or $60 a month where I live and you have to sign a contract for a year and only one computer can use it at a time because you have to move the card from PC to PC. 


Their are also wireless networks that can run through a home PC and be routed to an unlimited number of computers in the home.  This is usually through a cable company or land line phone company but you send you can't get high-speed internet where you live so that's probably not an option.


I have wireless connection
at home, so I don't think it would be a problem
Wireless connection
I have a USB wireless card through Sprint that I can use on either my laptop or desktop. Had some remote computer repairs done earlier and the tech was amazed by my connection speed, but I am only about a mile to a mile and a half from an enhanced cell tower, so distance from a cell tower will also makes a difference. Verizon also offers a similar card so you might want to check into something like that.
Hope this was helpful.
Laptop w/ Cingular wireless connection
Hi,

I just bought my first laptop since we are getting ready to move across the USA. I researched into using a PC card that connects to cingular wireless (Or verizon) so that I can connect to internet, E-mail, etc. Kind of like a cell phone.

I was wondering if anyone has used this and how well it works in real life?

Thanks for your time.

~Gina
I'm using a fixed wireless broadband connection
And so far, so good. The tower is just across the cow field, though. I haven't had any cutting in and out and I feel like a kid with a new toy since I'm able to watch You Tube, etc. now. My provider (SEIdata) came and did a site survey before installing it first and told me I had an excellent signal. They put a small box on my roof and ran cable to my office. I plug into an Ethernet modem and I can WIFI it with a router if I want to, too.

I've heard mixed reviews on the "cards," but I would recommend fixed wireless if you have a provider that does a site survey and installation.


Internet connection

Does anybody use ATT/SBC DSL?  If so, how is it?


I have Insight (cable), and I have a problem with no internet connections at least once every 2 weeks and thinking about switching.


Thanks!


 


internet connection
I have Insight, too, and I'm having a terrible time keeping connected. They have somehow, with their high-tech capabilities, discovered that I use a VPN, and now they are locking me up every document or at least every othe document! The only solution is that I'm going to have to pay business rate as opposed to consumer rate. I don't own a business, just work for an online company out of my home, but Insight doesn't care. They consider it "my" business and now I'm going to have to pay a whole lot more to keep them from locking me up.
Internet connection
Ive been using ATT/SBC DSL for a long time, long before they were bought out by AT&T and were just SBC. I love it! Wouldn't have it any other way. I RARELY have any trouble with it.
Internet Connection
My daughter and I have laptops as well and we both have cards which make them wireless. The card is not from a cell phone company it is a wireless network card that picks up a signal from a router in our home which is connected to antoher PC connected to cable/Internet connection. I believe you can get a wireless card for your laptop and then a cable which allows you to use your cell phone, though I have no idea what it costs. I have known others who have done it this way. Good luck.
Internet connection?
What does that have to do with anything?
Anone MTers use wireless connection for MT work such as Alltel sm
Does it work well - all in can get in my area is dial-up at 26.4 SLOW! 
when I get that message, my Internet connection is usually gone sm
I have to unplug my modem and reconnect to the Internet, but I am cable connect. Don't know if this is your problem, but has always been mine! Hope this helps
losing internet connection off and on

Losing internet connection happened quite a bit for me.  I kept calling Comcast, they said to reboot.  I had a computer tech out to look at the computer and they deleted a bunch of junk and it ended up my cable modem was bad.  It was 3 years old.  I got a new one and it works great now.


Unplug their internet connection nm
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VOIP and internet connection - sm
I have VOIP with my cable provider, Roadrunner, and I can use my Lanier at the same time as I am on the Internet, no problems.  In my area, this is much cheaper than unlimited long distance phone service with my land line provider (which I kept, by the way, as you have NO phone if your cable goes out).   I have not had any problems at all.  Hope this helps.
Question on internet connection....

I have a question that I'm sure someone knows the answer to.  My son was telling me that a friend of his has a laptop and she has a card she puts in it and can then connect to the internet wirelessly.  Where we are located there is no high-speed yet, so I am wondering if this is through cell phone or something like that.  He thought it was like a Cingular card or something (which is a cell phone company).  Does anyone know how this works as far as cost, etc?  I have a cell phone through Cingular and am wondering if you use something like this does it  take minutes off your plan?  I guess I'm sort of dumb about all of this.  Thanks for any help you can give.


 


Satellite internet connection
I can't get DSL/fast access internet where I live and am thinking about getting a satellite connection, but it's a huge investment.  If anyone has it or has had it in the past, please let me know what you think and how it works for you.  Thanks a bunch!
what type internet connection do you have?
Per thier site...

CryptoHeaven performance is slow.

CryptoHeaven is designed to work on high-speed and broadband Internet connections. Dial-up users can use CryptoHeaven but are advised the response time is slower. Dial-up users should keep file transfers small.

What can cause computer to lose internet connection off and on.
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Yes, only one day - my internet connection was too slow for program. nm
nm
Well, the first thing you'll need is a high speed internet connection if you don't already hav

it.  You'll want to invest in a foot pedal that you can connect to your PC.  I'd check out the pedals on transcriptiongear.com or check out Ebay.  I've found a lot of useful MT equipment on ebay for really reasonable prices.  I have an Infinity USB pedal that works nicely and I bought it off of Ebay.  You'll need to download ExpressScribe or another program so you will be able to play back sound files using your pedal.  That will make it a lot easier for you to test with some of the national companies as they generally have .wav files that you'll need to transcribe and send back before they will make an offer.


Once you've landed a job, the bigger companies generally will provide you with whatever software required to do their work and some provide you with all the equipment you'll need.  However, some will require you to use your own PC and will want you to have the latest version of Word.


That should get you started.


Wii and wireless internet
We got a Wii for Christmas, and it seems to be interfering with my wireless Internet.  No one can play Wii while I'm working until I get this figured out.  I've googled this a little bit to try and figure out what the problem is, but I'm not really finding an answer thus far.  I've checked the Internet connections on the Wii, and it shows 'none' for all 3 choices, so it doesn't even seem to be connected to the Internet, but it still interferes.  I can't do anything at all if the Wii is being played or is on.  Anyone have any experience with this or know how to fix it?
Assuming you are talking about wireless internet. nm
nm.
Laptops and Satellite/Wireless Internet

Does anybody work off a laptop and have a wireless or satellite internet connection? Just wondering because we'd like to do some traveling and it would be nice to be able to work also and not have to use so much PTO time, etc?


 


 


Satellite Internet Access - wireless?
Where are you located?  I'm in rural Iowa, about halfway between Des Moines and Omaha.  We are on a hill with no trees around, but there are higher hills around us, and we can only occasionally get cell phone signal.  No line-of-sight for the cell towers around here.  I don't really know much about wireless, though, but I'm not even sure I can get it here.  I don't even know what to look for, I guess.  Can you or someone else clue me in?
I hate wireless internet. I live in an apartment and
trying to get it to stay connected it almost impossible.
I've got a stupid question about wireless internet providers. SM

Simply put, I want a PCI card that I can insert into my laptop while I'm at the pool that will allow me to connect to the internet and work.  I have a PCI card that I use, but can only connect through my own wireless network at home.  I want to know if there are services that provide such a service and how much am I looking at spending.  Basically, I want to take my kids to the pool and work while I'm there, but I'm too far away from the home network to connect and there were no other available networks in range of the pool.  I tried!


Thanks!


KVMs $20-60. One internet connection. You'd have no email or a 2nd email acct for your 2nd puter.
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Internet based transcription - need advice on how to go internet
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If you want to work on the internet from home, take an internet course
But only from Andrews School or M-TEC. Many companies will waive the 2-years' experience requirement and will test and hire you if you go to either of those schools. Do NOT bother with At Home Professions, Penn Foster, US Career Institute, or ESPECIALLY Trans-Am, which is also known as Trans-SCAM and is a total ripoff. You will have a VERY difficult time getting hired without experience unless you choose Andrews School or M-TEC. Yes, they cost more, but that's because they are excellent training programs, not "correspondence courses."
Sat connection
Satellite is more expensive than DSL or cable and not very reliable, as already mentioned.

The small hospital I work for used to have one home-based girl on satellite until DSL was finally offered in her area. It was horrible! She had to wait for the characters to catch up to her in Meditech.

Voice files using the Fusion player came over great though.
Need connection help

I am hoping someone can help.  I am trying to connect to a server (new job) and the MTSO I'm working for is away for the evenig.  She told me to connect by  REMOTE DESKTOP to log into their server.   I have no idea how to do this.  Boy, do I feel dumb. 


TIA.


VPN Connection
When I am working if I get a call I lose my VPN connection. After several minutes I can reconnect and pick up where I let off, most of the time. Sometimes I have to save my work and completely reboot in order to conneect. Does this happen to any one else. So annoying and time consuming.
USB connection
Sorry to be a computer dunce...and I have looked so many times on my computer, but cannot find...I need to know if most computers have more than one USB connection.  I already have my foot pedal plugged into the one I could find, and would like to purchase the Sound Blaster External 24-bit Sound as recommended on this site to get better quality sound, but for the life of me, I cannot find another USB connection.  Please help if you can.  Thank you.
Connection might not be

the problem.  This site was taken over several months ago by another organization.  Have you not wondered where all the regulars went?  Great new MT site...


http://www.gomdt.com/gomdtforum/viewforum.php?f=24&st=0&sk=t&sd=d


Wal-Mart connection
My nephew has had it for 2 yrs and seems pretty happy with it, even after leaving AOL & MSN, so it seems to be decent.
No difference in them other than connection.
Some companies require a 9-pin or 15-pin, but you can get adapters to convert to USB if that is what you have. 
Try Transcription Connection, Inc. sm
Located in Lynchburg, OH. Smaller company, but they have a good variety of work. Pay was a little low for me (8 cpl), but they do pay on time always every other Friday, direct deposit.
how about your spiritual connection?
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Remote PC connection

One of my clients allows me to remotely access their computer to obtain patient lists and transfer files. I have high-speed cable, but there is some delay when I use Word on their computer. I imagine other programs would be a bit slower as well.


If you have Windows XP Professional, you can give this a try yourself by setting up a Remote Desktop Connection. A Google search for this will give you step-by-step instructions.


Yes, the net connection comes right up. Get the KVM that allows audio, too, though, so you don't
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Sometimes the connection to the phone is
nm
Agree with you there.. I really don't get the connection
between AAMT and a bounty hunter as motivational speaker. You'd think that they'd come up with someone better, but I believe he lives in Hawaii so maybe it was the best deal they could get (i.e. cheapest), maybe?
Dont see connection between this and MT.
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Then what is her connection to the Spheris ad?
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She has NO connection to Spheris...
she was just simply stating to Kippers that the Spheris site we've all seen may have been made by a disgruntled employee, etc. She is familiar with technology these days and how those things can happen... that is all.
Not sure, but I'm guessing the unreliability of the connection too.
I have satellite TV, only because cable hasn't been stretched this far yet..:0 - I'll sure be going back to cable if it ever gets here..

I have a phone line though, so that means DSL is available for my internet, although I guess not even everybody can get that either.
TransHealth has rad accounts with VPN connection. nm
 
Cable connection question?

I am soon moving to an area where cable is available.  A friend has advised that I have a backup phone line internet connection.  Any advice?


Thanks for any/all help! 


How do you speeding up a dial up connection?

This is for all of us poor MTs that are still stuck with dial up as our only option.  Satelite is just too darn expensive for what we get paid  and moving is even more expensive.  So....are there any tips or tricks to making our dial up connections any faster so we can download those dictation files faster and not time out anymore? 


Please do not mention an accelerator.  I have that and it is only good for a webpage pop up faster and for opening email.  It has nothing to do with dictation files. 


Is there something that were can do as far as the kind of phone cord we use, the length of it, or something like that? 


What about our modems?  Is there something we can do to our modems to jack up our speeds?


And whats with software like Escription advertising on their website that dial up will work when it does not.  That info has to be to the dictators who have dial up and not to the MTs with dial up.


There has to be hope for us becaue after 10 years of MT work I will be darned if I give up being home with my kids just because of my internet connection speed!!!!


Thanks letting me vent


Very frustated dial up MT