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Wi-Fi is for Wussies
Filed in archive Mobile by jeff goldman on August 30, 2006
Wi-Fi is for Wussies

Gizmodo's Sean Captain says cellular broadband, not fixed wireless, is the future of wireless access.


In comparison to cellular, Captain writes, "using Wi-Fi around town is like panhandling. You schlep from coffee shop to coffee shop, looking for bandwidth handouts; or you rummage through the neighborhood airwaves, searching for unencrypted home networks."


Cingular, Verizon and Sprint now offer various high-speed mobile access options, and Captain says it's "as liberating as getting a drivers license and no longer having to ask mom and dad for rides to the mall."


"If you're someone who needs to be connected all the time -- say a journalist filing articles from the field -- consider a wireless broadband plan," Captain suggests. And he's right: I'm filing this blog entry today, as well as two articles, using a Mac PowerBook G4 connected to a Treo 700p over Verizon's all-you-can-eat data plan...




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Tags: Gizmodo  WiFi  WiFi  cellular  broadband  wireless  EVDO  EVDO  Verizon  Sprint  Cingular  Treo  700p  Palm  mobil 
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