I like your site and intend to add to and use it's resources often, that is
if you can tell me the most economical way to hook my on board I mac to the
internet nationwide. my fiance' and i have saved some money and are finally
going through with our dream of seeing every state in our country.I want to
e-mail and get content from the web.

Questions:

1. what is the cheapest and best cell phone for dash boarding?

RW: The least inexpensive solution for e-mail, is still PocketMail. Check out Terry's posting from Osaka.

RW: It would be wonderful if one could answer this question outright. But, things are a tad bit more complicated. So I have some questions for you:

RW: Where are you going? How often do you want access to short messages and/or e-mail and/or internet content? When you say internet -- are speaking of graphical rich websites or stock quotes or timely traffic information or????

>What connectors do i need[I have usb, reg. phone line, firewire, and t-1
outlets built in.]

RW: Are you an engineer or someone that can build their own equipment? There are many turnkey systems for accessing the internet but all are in various stages of delivery (from vaporware to 344K data transfers

>I have airport which is local wireless[like a cordless phone, has 150 feet
range] it's built in , is there a way to utilize this for dashboarding?

RW: Sure, by using one of the interfaces, like the S1936D for analog or the newer AirStar-100 digital interface that has been developed for use with the Motorola StarTAC phones you could simply plug in the handset. In the Phoenix One, we prefer to use Bell Atlantic desk handsets instead of cellular handsets, because of their ease of use and configuration. There are other devices that may work.

RW