[OPLINTECH] Bookmobile connectivity

[Eric Maynard]

Good point on the Govt purchase option Morgan.  That is something that I
encourage those using cellular to definitely investigate.

Here at Holmes we switched to a Govt account with Verizon approx 4 years ago
and the savings have been huge.

We have some "retired" air cards if someone would be wanting to try the
service without investing in equipment, however, depending on your carrier,
under Govt contract you might find that to be $0 anyway.

Eric Maynard
Head of Information Technology,
Holmes County District Public Library
Millersburg, OH  44654
Email [emaynard at holmeslib.org]
Phone [330.674.5972 x.224]
Fax   [330.674.1938]

"Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently"




On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 2:29 PM, Morgan Paul <paulmo at oplin.org> wrote:

> We find it much easier to do a remote desktop connection via VPN to pc
> behind our firewall in the same building as the ILS server.
>
> Dropped connections are handled better on a pc vs a server with RDP - at
> least for us.
>
> We have some iffy areas of connection in the county and this seems to work
> fairly well.
>
> We do use Verizon aircards purchased through our government representative.
> The local store stopped doing demo models without a restocking fee just
> over
> a year ago.
>
> Morgan
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: oplintech-bounces at oplin.org [mailto:oplintech-bounces at oplin.org] On
> Behalf Of Mann, James H.
> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 2:13 PM
> To: JKENZIG; bschultz at yourppl.org
> Cc: oplintech at oplin.org
> Subject: Re: [OPLINTECH] Bookmobile connectivity
>
> Things I would look at:
> * Does your ILS require a fixed IP
> * Is the upload speed fast enough for live circ
> * Are there dead zones where you would drop to modem speed
>
> Just some thoughts
>
> Jim
> ________________________________________
> From: oplintech-bounces at oplin.org [oplintech-bounces at oplin.org] On Behalf
> Of
> JKENZIG [JKENZIG at cuyahogalibrary.org]
> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 11:41 AM
> To: bschultz at yourppl.org
> Cc: oplintech at oplin.org
> Subject: Re: [OPLINTECH] Bookmobile connectivity
>
> If you want to connect more than one computer you might want to check
> out Mifi also.
> http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/mobilebroadband/?page=products_mifi
>
> Jim Kenzig
> Please excuse any typos.
> Sent from my iPod
>
> On Jun 25, 2010, at 10:11 AM, "Becky Schultz" <bschultz at yourppl.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > Does anyone have any experience with, or thoughts on, using something
> > like a Verizon AirCard on a bookmobile laptop?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> >
> > --
> > Becky Schultz
> > Technology Coordinator | Portsmouth Public Library
> > (740) 354-5724 | bschultz at yourppl.org | http://www.yourppl.org
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