On Nov 28, 2010, at 12:13 PM, Marcus Daniels wrote: > On 11/28/2010 9:19 AM, Owen Densmore wrote: >> - Or do you find 3G/4G cellular the way to go nowadays? >> (My DSL is really slow, and I think 3G/4G is just starting to happen here. >> Fast cable would be great.) >> > My 3G laptop now reports HSDPA. It's more like 3.5 G. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Speed_Downlink_Packet_Access
Could you say a bit more about the HSDPA access you have? Is it built into your 3G laptop? Or is it a USB or similar "dongle"? Who is the wireless carrier? > I haven't tested throughout town, but yesterday on the south side and > northeast side the performance varied from about 1-3 megabits a second on > download and from 0.5 to 1 megabits a second on upload. Signal sometimes > dropped to one bar (e.g. around Santa Fe Prep), but the connection kept going. > > Finally! Good news indeed. Alas for me, I'm in the Santa Fe Prep area but heck, this is for mobile, not my home! -- Owen ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
