My 15" PB (aluminum, current model) gets significantly worse reception than my PC (a Toshiba Portege r-100). I see whip antennas for the PowerBook advertised from QuickerTek and Macwireless. The Macwireless unit appear to require sacrificing the PCMCIA slot to thread the antenna cable to the whip, and I assume the QuickerTek does too -- kind of nasty. Anyone have any experience with these or other ways of improving reception with PowerBooks.
p Peter Frishauf t: +1 212.865.4421 m: +1 917.669.1101 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 4:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: nycwireless Digest, Vol 29, Issue 2 Send nycwireless mailing list submissions to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can reach the person managing the list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of nycwireless digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: NYCw oldest public node moving! (downtown) 2. Re: Re: NYCw oldest public node moving! (Dustin Goodwin) 3. Any place in NYC or nearby to rent EVDO PCMCIA card and account for a week? ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 4. RE: Any place in NYC or nearby to rent EVDO PCMCIA card and account fora week? (Andy Slezak) 5. Re: Any place in NYC or nearby to rent EVDO PCMCIA card and account fora week? (Yury Gitman) 6. Re: Any place in NYC or nearby to rent EVDO PCMCIA card and account fora week? (Brian Preston-Campbell) 7. RE: Any place in NYC or nearby to rent EVDO PCMCIA cardand account fora week? (Andy Slezak) 8. Re: Any place in NYC or nearby to rent EVDO PCMCIA card and account fora week? (Dana Spiegel) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 18:29:30 -0400 From: "downtown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [nycwireless] Re: NYCw oldest public node moving! To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Oh, no! First the Carmine Street hardware store, then Zito's bakery, now Dustin's Cornelia Street node. What next? John's Pizza? Aphrodisia (a spice store, silly!)? Simon's "groovy" GV nycWireless node/webcam at Bleecker and Macdougal? When I got a wifi card I hoped to pick up Dustin's signal in my apartment two blocks away--proof that all that publicity Anthony insisted on resulted in my knowing about nycWireless before I knew anything about wifi. A fond, rueful farewell to NYC's oldest public node. While Park Slope may need your node now more than the West Village, it will be missed, Dustin--thanks for all those years of access. --diane -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Or how I learned to stop worrying and love email again ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 15:48:21 -0400 From: Dustin Goodwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [nycwireless] Re: NYCw oldest public node moving! To: downtown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [email protected] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Fortunately Cornelia Street is still served by many open access points. Park Slope not so much. - Dustin - downtown wrote: >Oh, no! First the Carmine Street hardware store, then >Zito's bakery, now Dustin's Cornelia Street node. What >next? John's Pizza? Aphrodisia (a spice store, silly!)? >Simon's "groovy" GV nycWireless node/webcam at Bleecker >and Macdougal? > >When I got a wifi card I hoped to pick up Dustin's signal >in my apartment two blocks away--proof that all that >publicity Anthony insisted on resulted in my knowing >about nycWireless before I knew anything about wifi. > >A fond, rueful farewell to NYC's oldest public node. >While Park Slope may need your node now more than the >West Village, it will be missed, Dustin--thanks for >all those years of access. --diane > > ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 23:47:00 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [nycwireless] Any place in NYC or nearby to rent EVDO PCMCIA card and account for a week? To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8 Any place in NYC or nearby to rent EVDO PCMCIA card and account for a week? This question is probably a litle bit ahead of its time, but does anybody know of a place in NYC or nearby where I could rent EVDO access for a 7 - 10 day period? I'm going to be in the NYC area for a visit. I have a laptop and need internet access in Teaneck, NJ in an office building and in a resedential building in Floral Park, NY. I use this one app that really needs more than 175 kbps, so EVDO is the way to go. Rental availability of EVDO cards and accounts will probably eventually happen, but I'm guessing that, because it's so new, that nobody does this at the moment. Anybody know of a business that rents this sort of access? Thanks, Pete ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2005 22:41:40 -0400 From: "Andy Slezak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [nycwireless] Any place in NYC or nearby to rent EVDO PCMCIA card and account fora week? To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Terrific idea, pete - haven't heard of anything :( if you use verizon dsl, you can use their numberous hotspots around the city and no additional cost to you. Andy CYTEXONE > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 11:47 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [nycwireless] Any place in NYC or nearby to rent > EVDO PCMCIA card and account fora week? > > > Any place in NYC or nearby to rent EVDO PCMCIA card and > account for a week? > This question is probably a litle bit ahead of its time, but > does anybody know of a place in NYC or nearby where I could > rent EVDO access for a 7 - 10 day period? > > I'm going to be in the NYC area for a visit. > I have a laptop and need internet access in Teaneck, NJ in an > office building and in a resedential building in Floral Park, > NY. I use this one app that really needs more than > 175 kbps, so EVDO is the way to go. > > Rental availability of EVDO cards and accounts will probably > eventually happen, but I'm guessing that, because it's so > new, that nobody does this at the moment. > > Anybody know of a business that rents this sort of access? > > Thanks, > Pete > > -- > NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ > Un/Subscribe: > http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ > Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ > > > > > ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 01:31:41 -0400 From: Yury Gitman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [nycwireless] Any place in NYC or nearby to rent EVDO PCMCIA card and account fora week? To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Pete and et all, I totally agree a little business like would have a lot of niche uses. I'm not developing anything like that but have myself been waiting for a vendor. just out of curiosity, what do you think a good price would be? [maybe someone on this list will see the possible dollar signs in that venture and subsequently take it on.] I think people would pay anything from $50-100 a day to be able to rent a service like this. There is definitely a possibility to make a decent buck. What do others think? -Yury On Jul 9, 2005, at 10:41 PM, Andy Slezak wrote: > Terrific idea, pete - haven't heard of anything :( if you use verizon > dsl, you can use their numberous hotspots around the city and no > additional cost to you. > > Andy > CYTEXONE > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf >> Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 11:47 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [nycwireless] Any place in NYC or nearby to rent >> EVDO PCMCIA card and account fora week? >> >> >> Any place in NYC or nearby to rent EVDO PCMCIA card and >> account for a week? >> This question is probably a litle bit ahead of its time, but >> does anybody know of a place in NYC or nearby where I could >> rent EVDO access for a 7 - 10 day period? >> >> I'm going to be in the NYC area for a visit. >> I have a laptop and need internet access in Teaneck, NJ in an >> office building and in a resedential building in Floral Park, >> NY. I use this one app that really needs more than >> 175 kbps, so EVDO is the way to go. >> >> Rental availability of EVDO cards and accounts will probably >> eventually happen, but I'm guessing that, because it's so >> new, that nobody does this at the moment. >> >> Anybody know of a business that rents this sort of access? >> >> Thanks, >> Pete >> >> -- >> NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ >> Un/Subscribe: >> http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ >> Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ >> >> >> >> >> >> > -- > NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ > Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/ > nycwireless/ > Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ > ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 14:21:53 -0400 From: Brian Preston-Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [nycwireless] Any place in NYC or nearby to rent EVDO PCMCIA card and account fora week? To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Verizon is removing their hotspots. This is part of the reason I dropped them as my home broadband carrier. Dear Valued Verizon Online DSL Member, We want to thank you for utilizing Verizon Wi-Fi hot spots in New York City. After a two-year technology assessment, Verizon will begin to phase out its network of 365 Wi-Fi hot spots at select public telephone locations in New York City. The Wi-Fi service was launched in May 2003 and was offered at no additional charge to Verizon Online Internet access subscribers. Alternative wireless access services, both free and subscription-based, are widely available in New York from a variety of providers. As technology has advanced, Verizon has shifted its wireless access focus to new technologies such as Verizon Wireless's V CAST and BroadbandAccess services which are carried on the company's Evolution-Data Optimized (EV- DO) network. The hot spots will be phased out over the next 60 days. The target date for completion of the phase out is June 30, 2005. Again, thank you for choosing Verizon Online DSL. Your business is important to us. Sincerely, Verizon Online DSL Broadband Customer Experience Team On Saturday 09 July 2005 10:41 pm, Andy Slezak wrote: > Terrific idea, pete - haven't heard of anything :( if you use verizon > dsl, you can use their numberous hotspots around the city and no > additional cost to you. > > Andy > CYTEXONE > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > > Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 11:47 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [nycwireless] Any place in NYC or nearby to rent > > EVDO PCMCIA card and account fora week? > > > > > > Any place in NYC or nearby to rent EVDO PCMCIA card and > > account for a week? > > This question is probably a litle bit ahead of its time, but > > does anybody know of a place in NYC or nearby where I could > > rent EVDO access for a 7 - 10 day period? > > > > I'm going to be in the NYC area for a visit. > > I have a laptop and need internet access in Teaneck, NJ in an > > office building and in a resedential building in Floral Park, > > NY. I use this one app that really needs more than > > 175 kbps, so EVDO is the way to go. > > > > Rental availability of EVDO cards and accounts will probably > > eventually happen, but I'm guessing that, because it's so > > new, that nobody does this at the moment. > > > > Anybody know of a business that rents this sort of access? > > > > Thanks, > > Pete > > > > -- > > NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ > > Un/Subscribe: > > http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ > > Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ > > -- > NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ > Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ > Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 14:42:02 -0400 From: "Andy Slezak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [nycwireless] Any place in NYC or nearby to rent EVDO PCMCIA cardand account fora week? To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" I agree with you, Yury, in the fact that this is an open business opportunity should someone want to take the plunge. On the money side of things, I can't help and disagree with your thought on pricing, and like how you've opened this topic of discussion. Verizon charges $80/mth unlimited, and yes there is a termination fee applied in addition to the sign-up process. I'd say $30-50 would have them flying off the shelf like hotcakes :) Plus with starbucks day passes in the city as your competition (I think they're $10 bucks?), you'll gain the mobility with a little heftier (albeit reasonable) price tag. Additional possibility: services such as GPS-tracking on the devices could be tacked on to track employees who need to be mobile for the day. Andy CYTEXONE > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Yury Gitman > Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 1:32 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [nycwireless] Any place in NYC or nearby to rent > EVDO PCMCIA cardand account fora week? > > Pete and et all, > > I totally agree a little business like would have a lot of > niche uses. I'm not developing anything like that but have > myself been waiting for a vendor. just out of curiosity, what > do you think a good price would be? [maybe someone on this > list will see the possible dollar signs in that venture and > subsequently take it on.] > > I think people would pay anything from $50-100 a day to be > able to rent a service like this. > There is definitely a possibility to make a decent buck. > What do others think? > > -Yury > > > > > On Jul 9, 2005, at 10:41 PM, Andy Slezak wrote: > > > Terrific idea, pete - haven't heard of anything :( if you > use verizon > > dsl, you can use their numberous hotspots around the city and no > > additional cost to you. > > > > Andy > > CYTEXONE > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 11:47 PM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: [nycwireless] Any place in NYC or nearby to rent > EVDO PCMCIA > >> card and account fora week? > >> > >> > >> Any place in NYC or nearby to rent EVDO PCMCIA card and > account for a > >> week? > >> This question is probably a litle bit ahead of its time, but does > >> anybody know of a place in NYC or nearby where I could rent EVDO > >> access for a 7 - 10 day period? > >> > >> I'm going to be in the NYC area for a visit. > >> I have a laptop and need internet access in Teaneck, NJ in > an office > >> building and in a resedential building in Floral Park, NY. I use > >> this one app that really needs more than > >> 175 kbps, so EVDO is the way to go. > >> > >> Rental availability of EVDO cards and accounts will probably > >> eventually happen, but I'm guessing that, because it's so > new, that > >> nobody does this at the moment. > >> > >> Anybody know of a business that rents this sort of access? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Pete > >> > >> -- > >> NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ > >> Un/Subscribe: > >> http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ > >> Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > -- > > NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ > > Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/ > > nycwireless/ > > Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ > > > > -- > NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ > Un/Subscribe: > http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ > Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ > > > > > ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 08:09:49 -0400 From: Dana Spiegel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [nycwireless] Any place in NYC or nearby to rent EVDO PCMCIA card and account fora week? To: Andy Slezak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [email protected] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Andy, Unfortunately, a few months ago Verizon closed down its Hotspot business, and has been removing all of the hotspots from its phone booths. What you suggest below is no longer possible. Dana Spiegel Executive Director NYCwireless [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.NYCwireless.net +1 917 402 0422 On Jul 9, 2005, at 10:41 PM, Andy Slezak wrote: > Terrific idea, pete - haven't heard of anything :( if you use verizon > dsl, you can use their numberous hotspots around the city and no > additional cost to you. > > Andy > CYTEXONE > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf >> Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 11:47 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [nycwireless] Any place in NYC or nearby to rent >> EVDO PCMCIA card and account fora week? >> >> >> Any place in NYC or nearby to rent EVDO PCMCIA card and >> account for a week? >> This question is probably a litle bit ahead of its time, but >> does anybody know of a place in NYC or nearby where I could >> rent EVDO access for a 7 - 10 day period? >> >> I'm going to be in the NYC area for a visit. >> I have a laptop and need internet access in Teaneck, NJ in an >> office building and in a resedential building in Floral Park, >> NY. I use this one app that really needs more than >> 175 kbps, so EVDO is the way to go. >> >> Rental availability of EVDO cards and accounts will probably >> eventually happen, but I'm guessing that, because it's so >> new, that nobody does this at the moment. >> >> Anybody know of a business that rents this sort of access? >> >> Thanks, >> Pete >> >> -- >> NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ >> Un/Subscribe: >> http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ >> Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ >> >> >> >> >> >> > -- > NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ > Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/ > nycwireless/ > Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ > ------------------------------ -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ End of nycwireless Digest, Vol 29, Issue 2 ****************************************** -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
