User guide

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Getting Started
What Is QUALCOMM Globalstar Data Service?
QUALCOMM Globalstar data service allows your QUALCOMM Globalstar
GSP-1600 Tri-Mode phone to serve as a wireless modem, sending data from
or receiving data to a computer such as a laptop or Palm handheld.
QUALCOMM Globalstar data service handles both packet and
asynchronous data.
What Does Packet Data Let Me Do?
QUALCOMM Globalstar data service lets you access the Internet or other
TCP/IP packet-switched networks.
Depending on your preferences and service availability, your packet data
connection can use either the Globalstar Satellite Communications System,
or a terrestrial digital cellular network.
Once you have connected, you can use familiar software applications such
as Eudora, Netscape Navigator, or Microsoft Internet Explorer for anything
you would normally do through your network provider or Internet Service
Provider (ISP). For example, you could
■ Browse the Internet
■ Access e-mail
■ Transmit information
■ Use telnet (for example to connect with host applications at work)
■ Transfer files using FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
And you can do all of these wherever Globalstar Data Service is available,
at over-the-air data rates of up to 9600 bits per second (bps) for Globalstar
service or up to 14400 bps for cellular service, with no additional modem or
dedicated telephone circuits required.
What Does Asynchronous Data Let Me Do?
QUALCOMM Globalstar data service lets you connect asynchronously to
another modem, using the Globalstar Satellite Communications System
only, at over-the-air data rates of up to 9600 bits per second (bps). For
example, you could dial into an electronic Bulletin Board System (BBS)
using HyperTerminal. Or you could dial into a corporate intranet behind a
firewall (in this case, you would be receiving packet data over your
asynchronous connection).
Tip
QUALCOMM Globalstar packet data service data has a lower
overhead and faster throughput than asynchronous data. If you
do not specifically need asynchronous data (such as for a BBS
connection), use packet data instead.