Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 17:30:20 -0400 From: Jim Mock <mij@osdn.com> To: Scott Reese <sreese@codysbooks.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ricochet Modems Message-ID: <20010503173020.E7983@guinness.osdn.com> In-Reply-To: <00f501c0d417$8a5e8340$1800a8c0@borges>
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On Thu, 03 May 2001 at 14:25:08 -0700, Scott Reese wrote: > Hi all, this is just a quick question...I'm running 4.2-RELEASE and I > was thinking of going with Ricochet's wireless internet service. Does > anyone have experience with them? I'm just wondering a) if their > modem works with FreeBSD Yes, it works fine. Both USB and serial (although I don't remember if umodem supported it in 4.2-R, you might have to upgrade to 4.3-STABLE). > and b) if their service is any good... Yes. Way faster than dialup. It's nice sitting at a coffee shop with a laptop and having internet access :-) Unfortunately for me, there's no coverage in Boston yet, but it worked great when I lived in the SF bay area. - jim -- - jim mock <mij@osdn.com> - O|S|D|N - open source development network - - http://www.freebsdzine.org/ - jim@freebsdzine.org - jim@FreeBSD.org - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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