Thanks. I agree. I think I'll just take the laptop to the Verizon
store. I know they support Macs. But first I'm waiting to hear what
the Times is willing to pay. It may not be worth my time and effort.
The job is at Cobo Hall for the North American International Auto
Show. It's three or four twelve hour days of shooting and uploading
every few hours. Not exactly a lark.
Paul
On Dec 2, 2008, at 2:28 AM, John Sessoms wrote:
From: PN Stenquist
I have a chance to do a four day gig for the New York Times, but I
have to be able to upload jpegs to an FTP site on the fly. I can't
count on finding a wireless zone. The Times guy said their
photographers use Verizon. Does anyone know how that works? I've
seem devices that plug into a USB port, but I didn't find them on
Verizon's web site. I need help. Right away!!
Paul
Go to: http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/index.html
Click on the "Business" tab at the top.
There's a link to "Wireless Internet Access" where you can find
"Broadband Access Devices". Click there; click "View our lineup of
devices"; then click on the "Broadband Access" tab.
You can select from 2 year, 1 year and month to month contract prices.
I don't know if any of these will work with Apple though. Possibly
"Windoze only".
If it's an out of town gig, most hotels offer broadband internet as
part of the lodging if you can wait to do a batch upload in the
evening. It's frequently wireless, but I believe they'd all be
compatible with Apple's built in wireless, so you'd only need an FTP
client.
What I'd do if I had to figure it out in a hurry is take my laptop
into the nearest Verizon store and tell 'em "Make it work!"; then
buy whatever product that requires.
If you're not going to be working around your own city, you're going
to need the zip code where you will be for them to figure out what's
available.
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