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| seanery |
 Feb 20 2007, 11:16 AM
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waiting to rebuild whitey!  Group: Retired Admin Posts: 15,857 Joined: 7-January 03 From: Indy Member No.: 100 Region Association: None  |
Last November I cancelled my home internet and bought an Aircard. I was travelling with the circus and planned on returning this year. Since then I've used it from time to time with varying results. Some cities have been pretty good and some have sucked, but I've been able to connect everywhere it's just slow in places like Columbia, SC.
Right now I'm sitting in the back of our rental car SUV driving from Atlanta to Knoxville. I'm getting some of the best throughput I've had since I bought it. And while I've used it while on location this is the first time I've used it while travelling down the freeway. I gotta say it's cool. Being able to check email and 914World.com is really nice. I'm probably gonna upgrade to Vista when Sony sends me my free copy but I'm concerned about drivers. I've read that the OS is new from the Kernel up and most drivers from XP will not work. I also recently found out that Sierra recently discontinued support for my card, the 580 (Sprint Version). I wonder if I'll be able to get Vista drivers for it. Anyone else concerned? Know the answer? etc... |
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| cooltimes |
Feb 20 2007, 11:40 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,508 Joined: 18-May 04 Member No.: 2,081 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(seanery @ Feb 20 2007, 11:16 AM)  Last November I cancelled my home internet and bought an Aircard. I was travelling with the circus and planned on returning this year. Since then I've used it from time to time with varying results. Some cities have been pretty good and some have sucked, but I've been able to connect everywhere it's just slow in places like Columbia, SC. Right now I'm sitting in the back of our rental car SUV driving from Atlanta to Knoxville. I'm getting some of the best throughput I've had since I bought it. And while I've used it while on location this is the first time I've used it while travelling down the freeway. I gotta say it's cool. Being able to check email and 914World.com is really nice. I'm probably gonna upgrade to Vista when Sony sends me my free copy but I'm concerned about drivers. I've read that the OS is new from the Kernel up and most drivers from XP will not work. I also recently found out that Sierra recently discontinued support for my card, the 580 (Sprint Version). I wonder if I'll be able to get Vista drivers for it. Anyone else concerned? Know the answer? etc... http://www.sierrawireless.com/product/prod...dows_vista.aspx Editing from above link at 12:31 pm CST Says End of Life is 2008 after I went back and read more than their opening page. Sorry about the waste I made in haste but sure contradicts their opening page telling what they support and in fact won't very soon. |
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| Heeltoe914 |
Feb 20 2007, 11:57 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,135 Joined: 31-January 06 From: Tujunga Calif, Member No.: 5,506 |
Yes the fact that you can connect anywhere anytime is great I uses mine on job sites very othen and when going down the highway my girl loves it.
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| SGB |
Feb 20 2007, 07:51 PM
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just visiting Group: Members Posts: 4,086 Joined: 8-March 03 From: Huntsville, AL Member No.: 404 Region Association: South East States |
I'll bet most of us old codgers saw this coming a long time ago. I know I sure did. Next is "cable TV", which will eventually be user specific- take it with you, watch it where you are- on your phone or laptop or TV...
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| KaptKaos |
Feb 20 2007, 11:30 PM
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Family Group: Members Posts: 4,009 Joined: 23-April 03 From: Near Wausau Member No.: 607 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
QUOTE(SGB @ Feb 20 2007, 05:51 PM) I'll bet most of us old codgers saw this coming a long time ago. I know I sure did. Next is "cable TV", which will eventually be user specific- take it with you, watch it where you are- on your phone or laptop or TV... You're a little late to that party (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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| TravisNeff |
Feb 22 2007, 11:51 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,082 Joined: 20-March 03 From: Mesa, AZ Member No.: 447 Region Association: Southwest Region 
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I did a project for the city of phoenix to test out 3 different aircards. We built a GIS and stopped every 2 miles in a perfect grid around the city limits to capture speed and bandwith. Pretty neat.
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