On Feb 7, 2010, at 2:33 AM, David Mann wrote: > On Feb 7, 2010, at 9:07 AM, John Francis wrote: > >> The last time I used one (on the previous machine) was at my mother's >> house, to get internet access (Virgin UK pay-as-you-go). But for my last >> trip I used a USB cellular modem. > > We picked up one of those not long before Xmas as one of the big telcos was > running a tempting promotion with a prepay service. > > I think we've been given more in compensation than we've spent using it. > Their brand new network has experienced several major egg-on-the-face outages. > > But now when we travel I can connect without hunting for free wifi signals or > paying extortionate rates to use private or hotel networks. We really are > privileged in this city to have free wireless in the public libraries. > I think most libraries in the U.S. have free wireless, as do most hotels. It's becoming less of a problem all the time. Before the recession hit, there was a plan afoot to provide free global wireless for all the suburbs in Oakland County, Michigan. But they ran into some technical glitches, and then the economy came crashing down. Paul
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