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To: Uncle Sausage
Check if Sprint Wireless BroadBand access is available in your area, before you go with the satellite internet access.
2 posted on 03/14/2002 5:35:59 PM PST by Cool Guy
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To: Cool Guy
From a security standpoint, wireless data makes me cringe............but then, my boss insists that I'm a security "professional", so I'm supposed to be paranoid, I guess.

One consultant did something interesting. He took a drive through San Francisco with off the shelf wireless modems, and he pulled in all sorts of company networks. Banks, a certain credit card company headquarters, all sorts of major corporations. None of them had any safeguards at all to keep out unfriendly wireless connections.

I guess that really isn't much of a worry for us "common" citizens, though.

4 posted on 03/14/2002 5:46:10 PM PST by jimtorr
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To: Cool Guy
Just checked Sprint's web site, they say they are suspending their efforts to acquire new customers.
6 posted on 03/14/2002 6:05:16 PM PST by Uncle Sausage
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