Re: Cellular Data Service

[jeffd <kabal@undercoverworld.com>]

Nate Duehr wrote:
> Rhomboid wrote:
>
> > Anyone have a working laptop/cellular phone (or cellular wifi card) 
> > combination running on Linux on a US provider (Cingular/Verizon EDGE 
> > network or similar)?
>
> Someone asked me recently if I'd done any work to figure out how to get 
> special information out of it on the GSM side like signal strength. 
> Nope.  Sorry.  Not sure if anyone has yet or not.
>
> Nate

I have been using a Sierra wireless AirCard 750.  It's just plain gprs, 
no edge, but it works ok.
In order to get signal strength you need to send it:
at+csq
That should work on most gprs cards.

Jeff