Types of Internet Connections Pokjara Nepal Asia February 6, 2007
There are many ways to connect the the Internet and work when in Africa, Nepal, or some country.
EASY
- Walk into Internet cafe, pull the Ethernet wire from the back of the computer and connect it to you computer, maybe it connect automatically or you need to have the Internet cafe worker configure for you. If they do not know how to do, go to another cafe.
EXTREMELY DIFFICULT - Finding a telephone line to use is difficult.
- Find a land line, plug the telephone line into the the back of you computer, then buy a connection from a local Internet provider, then connect.
- Find a land line, then dial a long distance telephone call to an Internet provider in your home country and connect. (I do not know if works, never done this.)
WIFI - DIFFICULT - Because not available - Really just a replacement for the Ethernet wire system that is easy to do in an Internet cafe.
- Mostly just a toy and nice to have sometimes, but to be in the back concrete room of a hotel, it is not going to work.
GPRS CELL PHONE- DIFFICULT - A truly wireless connection the Internet.
- A connection using a cell phone with a cell phone company that has GPRS. Computer to Bluetooth to Cell Phone to Cell Phone company. (The problem is most cell phone countries in Africa do not offer the GPRS connection, although as of February 2007, they are expanding rapidly, I expect within about 5 year most will offer.
Sometime the cost is nuts, a good fee is about 1 dollar per day, only two countries I know so far that work I have confirmed work are Thailand and Nepal.
- A person should take a taxi to the cell phone headquarters in the city and have them connect the computer, the cell phone and the SIM card together and explain the cost. The cost in Indonesia where there are many Internet cafes was 3 dollars per meg, outrageously expensive.
DIAL UP CELL PHONE CONNECTION TO INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER
I thought this would be very easy, I did just this 10 years ago, however I think the whole planet is anal. I try to say, I am going to dial up a telephone number of an Internet service provider, that is NOT my cell phone company, nothing to do with my cell phone company. How doe the cell phone work as a modem?
Blue tooth is just a wireless connection between my cell phone and a computer, it is not an Internet connection. GPRS is part of the cell phone company services. IF they company does not offer GPRS, than it is not going to work on the cell phone.
SATELLITE - Extremely difficult - Need to pay about 8 dollars USA per meg of transfer. - Need to have contract for one year - Need to pay about 2000 US for the device - I do not know, my GPS hand held reference marker does not work unless I am top of a building, I think I would need to be on top of a building. - I was ready to purchase this, for true worldwide wireless connection, the company wants me to buy before before they demo.
BOAT RADIO - I do not know how this works, but seems to be a good option.
I want to use a cell phone connection, that does NOT offer GPRS to connect. I want to use my cell phone and somehow have a modem to connect the computer to the Internet by way of cell phone.
The only website that even comes close to trying to explain these differences is:
People dial home all the time with their cell phone.
I want my computer to dial home and connect, I am frustrated, I do not see why this is so hard, I am wondering if the problem is I need to always dial an ISP from a local telephone number, somehow the computer knows.
