New toys

09.23.2009
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I couldn’t resist. The prices were just too low and wimax too sexy. Clear (or Clearwire) is the wimax provider that is rolling out service far and wide across our vast US land. They had to start somewhere though and for some reason I don’t get, Vegas was one of the first 3 cities to get it. That is -awesome-, we never get stuff first! Our time has finally come though. With this bad boy (known as the Cradlepoint PHS300) I can go anywhere in the city and have a wifi connection to the Internet for me and 16 of my closest friends (within 100 ft of me). No looking around for a Coffee Bean or unsuspecting homeowners open wireless connection when I’m dragging a laptop and looking for a place to kill some time. My wireless connection goes where I do and is way faster than using a tethered phone. Especially with the truly ridiculously bad 3G speeds I’ve been getting lately. I just picked it up today but in initial testing it has been extremely positive. Not so well right at my house (I’m in an edge zone) but I watched youtube vids in Hawkins car all the way from lunch back to the office and it totally worked. Hey, why unplug if you don’t have to?

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6 Responses to “New toys”
  1. Doug Daulton says:
    09.24.2009 at 12.26

    Woot. Lemme know how you like it.

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  2. Manduh says:
    09.25.2009 at 17.59

    hmm, I have a feeling we will be hearing about this new technology/device again, possibly not as happy about it though, or perhaps even happier. (See previous posts and insert “Clearwire” for “iphone”)

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  3. Adam says:
    09.29.2009 at 15.04

    All I know is, the description of the hardware pieces for this technology nearly ripped apart our dinner table the other night as we tried to divine what exactly was necessary for this stuff to work. Sample:

    Idiot 1: SO DO YOU HAVE TO HOOK IT UP TO A LAPTOP?
    Idiot 2: I THINK YOU HAVE TO HOOK IT UP TO A LAPTOP.
    Todd: There’s a USB dongle and a battery-powered router…
    Idiot 1: SO DO YOU HAVE TO HOOK IT UP TO A LAPTOP?
    Idiot 2: I THINK YOU HAVE TO HOOK IT UP TO A LAPTOP.

    rinse and repeat…

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    • todd says:
      09.29.2009 at 15.09

      I almost spit water out my nose reading this. It’s a pretty accurate representation of what happened though I wouldn’t call anyone an idiot per se…just people not listening real well. Next time I’ll remember to bring it since show and tell would have been better :-)

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