[http://solution.allthingsd.com/20090609/web-surfing-in-a-wireless-network-of-your-very-own/?mod=ATD_rss]
Interesting solution to the problem of Linux/Alternative OS support for 3G modems: no problem at all as long as your linux laptop/device has working WiFi. If any local network providers have a version of it here, it might be a compelling buy. ===== Web Surfing in a Wireless Network of Your Very Own Verizon’s MiFi Lets Up to Five Mobile Devices Connect to the Internet With the Press of a Button; a Hotspot in Your Pocket June 9, 2009 by Katherine Boehret [...] This week, while I was traveling, I used Verizon Wireless’s MiFi 2200, made for the phone carrier by Novatel Wireless. The MiFi brings in the Internet using Verizon’s 3G network and creates a Wi-Fi zone that can be reached from up to 50 feet away, even through thick hotel walls. Its connection can be used by up to five devices at once. At one point, I had a Lenovo ThinkPad, Apple MacBook, iPhone, Palm Pre and iPod Touch simultaneously using the Web via the MiFi’s connection. Although video playback stuttered under these busy conditions, other tasks did well. And with just three devices using the connection at once, the connection worked normally. [...] Of course, you already can get online over cellphone networks for similar monthly fees and at similar speeds, with external or internal laptop cards that usually cost less upfront. So why would anyone want or need MiFi? The answer is that it serves multiple devices at once, without requiring you to buy multiple cards or pay a separate fee for each. [...] ===== -- Soh Kam Yung my Google Reader Shared links: (http://www.google.com/reader/shared/16851815156817689753) my Google Reader Shared SFAS links: (http://www.google.com/reader/shared/user/16851815156817689753/label/sfas) _______________________________________________ Slugnet mailing list [email protected] http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet
