Re- [Mac-talk] Internet from remote locations

[Mo! Langdon]

At 8:24 AM -0700 5/7/08, Richard wrote:

>Please advise regarding Internet service from remote locations.

Verizon Broadband.

I was working in Columbus, OH, last year, and the 
client did not allow non-work-supplied computers 
on the network. I did most of my work on my own 
laptop (Mac, of course!), but dealt with 
corporate mail and calendar and running my 
scripts against the database on the company 
ThinkPad. It was a real pain in the neck getting 
files between the two machines,  to say nothing 
of any (non-corporate) Web surfing I needed to 
do...

I stopped in at the local Verizon store to get a 
new case for my cell phone, and made the 
"mistake" of glancing at one of their USB 
broadband modems. Before I knew it, I had a 
two-year broadband contract and a rebate coupon 
for the price of the modem, and the guy threw in 
the cell phone case for free. Unlimited use is 
$65.00 per month.

The software knows about Macs, and just works. 
The modem doesn't care that it's not hooked up to 
a Windoze box.

What a Godsend!!! I e-mailed stuff back and forth 
between the two laptops and got what surfing I 
needed doing done at work, and if the satellite 
connection at the campground we stayed at 
misbehaved, Verizon was there. Got to an airport 
that didn't provide free WiFi? Whip out the 
broadband. A group of us at work had a study 
group; we met at a local restaurant that provided 
free WiFi. If we had online study materials and 
the WiFi was misbehaving, whip out the broadband. 
If the DSL misbehaves at home for longer than I 
want to be off-line, as long as the cell phone 
tower is with us, the broadband is, too.

Anywhere Verizon has halfway-decent service, the broadband works.

My $.02; YMMV.

Slán,



Mo!
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