Comments on: Internet Everywhere http://www.urbanmonarch.com/internet-everywhere/ Advice for a generation of men raised by women Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:15:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: J http://www.urbanmonarch.com/internet-everywhere/#comment-93076 J Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:59:35 +0000 http://www.urbanmonarch.com/internet-everywhere/#comment-93076 You'd have to be downloading a fuck load to hit 5bg in a month. I average 2.5 gig on my aircard (go for the PCMCIA card btw none of that bulky USB nonsense, more on this later) Anyhow my average day on the aircard is 9 hours with Gmail, Outlook Exchange, Microsoft Communicator open all day long transferring packets, and a VERY healthy amount of web usage. Unless you are downloading entire seasons of 24 via BitTorrent you shouldn't have a problem. Agree with cash 720 is tolerable. For web, email, chat, its decent. If you need to download software...meh not so much. As for cards, I have the Option GT max from AT&T with the butterfly antenna. The 3G circuits are made by qualcomm as they are in my previous cell phone (1st gen blackjack), in some areas I only get "Edge' servce on the PCMCIA card but I can get 3G if I tether my blackjack. Thats another thing that should be added to this post (sorry I'm so disorganized) if you have a decent phone you can "tether" it to your laptop and connect to the Internet that way. Beware if you don't have the right data plan they will charge by kb and its pretty expensive. Like tens of thousands of dollars if you did a couple gig. Tethering kills batter extremely fast so you need to be able to charge it while tethered. Blackjack won't charge via USB while tethered via USB. So to charge and tether I tether over bluetooth to the lapop so I can use the AC adapter. Anyway enough rambling... aircards kick ass. Especially if you want to access some things and the only network available is one that is monitored by a client.... You’d have to be downloading a fuck load to hit 5bg in a month. I average 2.5 gig on my aircard (go for the PCMCIA card btw none of that bulky USB nonsense, more on this later)

Anyhow my average day on the aircard is 9 hours with Gmail, Outlook Exchange, Microsoft Communicator open all day long transferring packets, and a VERY healthy amount of web usage.

Unless you are downloading entire seasons of 24 via BitTorrent you shouldn’t have a problem.

Agree with cash 720 is tolerable. For web, email, chat, its decent. If you need to download software…meh not so much.

As for cards, I have the Option GT max from AT&T with the butterfly antenna. The 3G circuits are made by qualcomm as they are in my previous cell phone (1st gen blackjack), in some areas I only get “Edge’ servce on the PCMCIA card but I can get 3G if I tether my blackjack.

Thats another thing that should be added to this post (sorry I’m so disorganized) if you have a decent phone you can “tether” it to your laptop and connect to the Internet that way. Beware if you don’t have the right data plan they will charge by kb and its pretty expensive. Like tens of thousands of dollars if you did a couple gig. Tethering kills batter extremely fast so you need to be able to charge it while tethered. Blackjack won’t charge via USB while tethered via USB. So to charge and tether I tether over bluetooth to the lapop so I can use the AC adapter.

Anyway enough rambling… aircards kick ass. Especially if you want to access some things and the only network available is one that is monitored by a client….

]]> By: Jess http://www.urbanmonarch.com/internet-everywhere/#comment-87714 Jess Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:24:01 +0000 http://www.urbanmonarch.com/internet-everywhere/#comment-87714 Watch it though, IIRC there's a 5gb monthly transfer limit for Verizon's data service. Watch it though, IIRC there’s a 5gb monthly transfer limit for Verizon’s data service.

]]> By: Cash http://www.urbanmonarch.com/internet-everywhere/#comment-87605 Cash Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:31:09 +0000 http://www.urbanmonarch.com/internet-everywhere/#comment-87605 720 down is tolerable, I wouldn't go so far as calling it 'great'. 720 down is tolerable, I wouldn’t go so far as calling it ‘great’.

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