Wireless internet access

[teknoid]

I'm IT Manager for a smallish trucking company. We run only "food - grade" tankers. We've just landed a contract with FEMA to run loads of water into hurricane effected areas without potable water. We're rolling 75 rigs first thing Tuesday morning. We're also sending one, maybe two of our dispatchers along to manage the logistics of the loads and deal with the paperwork.

OK folks here's the question... I have to provide internet access to a user on a laptop. He's probably going to be working in the area of Jackson, MS so I can't be certain that he'll have reliable cellular service. There is a possibility that we'll want to move him even closer to the damaged areas at some point. The application he needs to use is IBM Client Access Express. It's nothing more than a pretty front end on a telnet session. Being telent the bandwidth requirements are low BUT the software won't stand for a dropped connection, it makes the user log back in to the AS/400.

I've looked at the Verizon "NationalAccess" service and it appears to meet my needs. In that they're going to be setting up a RV in the area for him to work out of I also considered a satellite based solution such as StarBand or DirectWay. At this point I don't know if we'll have access to a phone line. If so problem solved.

Any suggestions as to where I should be looking or who I should be calling? Anyone here in the Jackson, MS area that could advise me as to who I should be contacting there?

THANX!

 

[silverpig]

Just have him park next to an apartment building...

 

[thomsbrain]

Originally posted by: silverpig
Just have him park next to an apartment building...

WHAT ROCK HAVE YOU BEEN LIVING UNDER

 

[thomsbrain]

anyway, i'd highly recommend going satillite. if there's no sure cell or land-line service, it's really your only option.

 

[DaWhim]

go to someone household and borrow a landline for aol? landline should be up and running.

 

[BrokenVisage]

Originally posted by: thomsbrain

Originally posted by: silverpig
Just have him park next to an apartment building...

WHAT ROCK HAVE YOU BEEN LIVING UNDER

WHAT ROCK YOU SAY !!

 

[FoBoT]

if there is cell avalaible, then you can use either sprint or versizon's internet , they make a PC cards for laptops and unlimited access isn't too expensive

otherwise, you pretty much are going to need satellite. that will cost more $ and is more complex. you'll need more electrical power also for the satellite equipment.

there is a dude here on the forums that installs satellite data equipment, i'll try to find his screen name

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: thomsbrain

Originally posted by: silverpig
Just have him park next to an apartment building...

WHAT ROCK HAVE YOU BEEN LIVING UNDER

The one where sarcasm still exists...

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: thomsbrain
anyway, i'd highly recommend going satillite. if there's no sure cell or land-line service, it's really your only option.

 

[teknoid]

if there is cellular access it a pretty big "IF" and the one that has me the most concerned. We have people on the ground there now and I know that their Nextel service is pretty "spotty" at best.

I appreciate the effort. If you can hook me up with someone who knows this stuff really well it'd help alot.

THANX!

 

[FoBoT]

"WTT0001" is a directway installer and wildblue which is another data service, i think

pm "WTT0001" , he should know all your options and what might be most mobile