wireless-broadband
The Wireless Industry Sucks
Jason Liggayu calls my attention to something important: I was wondering what was your opinion on the “Cell Phone Consumer Empowerment Act of 2007“? Do you think it will have a good or bad effect on consumers and the GSM / cell phone market industry if this were to pass into law. This bill was [...]
They Want to Pwn the Wireless Internet
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice… fool me, can’t get fooled again: With wider national coverage than either company could have had on its own, Sprint Nextel Corp. and Clearwire Corp. say they can achieve on their joint WiMax network some of what Google Inc. and others want to see in the [...]
Wireless Broadband Industry Changes?
I’m scared to give Google too much power, but… I can’t help but believe this is nothing but a good thing for consumers. They’re essentially asking the FCC to eliminate the major problems with the wireless industry: Open applications: consumers should be able to download and utilize any software applications, content, or services they desire; [...]
Clearwire: Clearly NOT Worth It?
I was looking to cancel my two-year contract with Clearwire, considering it hasn’t been anything but mediocre for me (questionable download “speed”, unusable upload “speed”, consistent miscommunication with my router, etc.). Looks like I’m pretty much stuck with Clearwire: Kirkland, WA-based Clearwire, for example, imposes a early termination fees ranging from $180 to $220 for [...]
Clearwire Coupon
I just became a Clearwire subscriber the other day. They’re running a pretty good membership special right now, but that’s not the reason I signed up for an account. I’m using Clearwire at home for a few reasons: Broadband backup – when Comcast goes down, I can still be up. Downtime sucks. Bittorrent nirvana – [...]
Sierra Wireless 3G on Vista
We’re currently Cingular subscribers (though our year-long contract with them is almost up). A few weeks ago, we added an “all you can eat” data plan to our account – to be used in conjuntion with the Sierra Wireless Aircard 860 PC Modem. The PC card, itself, is good enough – although the flimsy antenna [...]
