Subj : looking at getting Nomad
To   : August Abolins
From : Sean Dennis
Date : Thu Feb 25 2021 16:01:02

-=> August Abolins wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

 AA> Does it have to be ADSL these days? I thought DSL was the
 AA> regular thing that people can get over the copper wires to their
 AA> homes.

There's several types of digital subscriber lines.  ADSL is the most
common and cheapest to implement.

 AA> Yeah.. but $1100/yr for internet seems too much for "data".

That's nearly what my parents are paying now for ADSL.

 AA> Couldn't you get by with a modest mobile/data plan?  Many offer
 AA> unlimited data or quite a bit of GIGS for $60/mo at LTE speeds.
 AA> That would be half of what Nomad charges.

Those plans are not truly unlimited.  After about 10GB of usage, they
will knock you down to 3G speeds.

Nomad does not do that.  You may not realize that the US has the most
expensive telecommunications network in the world due to monopoly and
government regulation.  It's a "pay to play" situation.

 SD> Nomad's hardwere is relatively cheap.  I haven't looked at
 SD> it lately but the home router was something around USD$120
 SD> and the travel router was USD$40-50 less.

 AA> Basically it's just a stripped down cell phone.

A cell phone is a two-way radio at its heart.  Nomad's routers are
routers with a two-way radio in them so no, they are not "stripped-down"
cell phone.

A stripped-down cell phone is a walkie-talkie. :D

 AA> Hopefully they will still be in business when you get around to
 AA> wanting them.

Their business jumped 400% because of COVID-19, et al., so they'll be
around for a bit.

 AA> I MISS using FleetStreet!  ..and the whole reliabilty of OS/2.

I like ArcaOS.  It's a nice melding of OS/2 and Linux as the OS is more
of a hybrid.

Later,
Sean

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