[TriLUG] Wireless Broadband

[David McDowell]

WRAL news at 10pm tonight just said Raleigh was #1 in the nation with
amount of public wifi access, so maybe roam away??  :)  ... Seattle
being #1 in public wifi access ... and on a side note, NC is 3rd in
BioTech behind Mass and CA.

 :)


On 6/7/05, Reginald Reed <reginald.reed at gmail.com> wrote:
> Rumor has it that 1xEV-DO is coming to the Triangle this summer.  I
> just signed up for the service 9 days ago and have since tried the
> Broadband access service in both Orlando and at a DFW airport
> (terminal C from the AA lounge).  It is excellent.  The service
> available in the Triangle now is 1xRTT and it certainly is slower, but
> I still find it usable, even with an IPSEC tunnel riding on top of it.
>  I have the Novatel V620 card with unlimited access.
> 
> --Reggie
> 
> On 6/6/05, Aaron Bockover <abockover.trilug at aaronbock.net> wrote:
> > Okay, so Raleigh just isn't full of open WiFi hot-spots, and it'd really
> > be nice to have wireless broadband. Is anyone subscribed to such a
> > service? Does one really even exist yet in this area?
> >
> > I tried signing up for the free Nextel Wireless Broadband trial last
> > year, but didn't get accepted. It's been a year, the trial is over, and
> > it doesn't look like they've rolled the service out publicly.
> >
> > Verizon has wireless broadband, but Raleigh isn't one of its supported
> > cities.
> >
> > Are we just that insignificant? I would really hate to have to start
> > using my cellphone for dial-up... that's just asinine!
> >
> > Best,
> > Aaron
> >
> >
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