Comments on: Reclaiming Privacy with a Tether? http://blog.shirl.com/2009/03/27/reclaiming-privacy-with-a-tether/ bare pate roue Tue, 08 Jun 2010 01:08:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: bshirley http://blog.shirl.com/2009/03/27/reclaiming-privacy-with-a-tether/comment-page-1/#comment-1032 bshirley Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:22:13 +0000 http://blog.shirl.com/?p=877#comment-1032 I'm with you on the Town Car action! Where's my driver? (The iPhone is more targeted to the non-tech geek – my mom is a prime example. The tech geeks are appropriately annoyed by the lack of blood on some of its edges.) I’m with you on the Town Car action! Where’s my driver?

(The iPhone is more targeted to the non-tech geek – my mom is a prime example. The tech geeks are appropriately annoyed by the lack of blood on some of its edges.)

]]> By: Corey http://blog.shirl.com/2009/03/27/reclaiming-privacy-with-a-tether/comment-page-1/#comment-1031 Corey Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:06:44 +0000 http://blog.shirl.com/?p=877#comment-1031 I've been doing this for a year or two. I wasn't content to wait for a tether though. I got a Sprint AirCard in PCMCIA format for my tablet. It costs about (per month) what internet costs Jaime on her smart phone, maybe a bit more. It's not blindingly fast but it's pretty good. It pays for itself every month. 1) I use it when I can't find WiFi or when the spotty, overloaded WiFi on campus craps out. 2) I use it work and do all my personal browsing, e-mailing, etc., while at work through it. 3) I use it in the car when Jaime's driving (or vice-versa). It works flawlessly at 80mph way out there even west of Austin. A couple weeks ago I was able to relax and play my MMORPG on Jaime's laptop for 3 hours all the way home. How cool is that? If Jaime and I had a driver and a Town Car, we'd both be able to enjoy those three or four hours each way. You iPhone d00ds need to get with the program. We've had this figured out for years. *grin* I’ve been doing this for a year or two. I wasn’t content to wait for a tether though. I got a Sprint AirCard in PCMCIA format for my tablet. It costs about (per month) what internet costs Jaime on her smart phone, maybe a bit more.

It’s not blindingly fast but it’s pretty good. It pays for itself every month. 1) I use it when I can’t find WiFi or when the spotty, overloaded WiFi on campus craps out. 2) I use it work and do all my personal browsing, e-mailing, etc., while at work through it. 3) I use it in the car when Jaime’s driving (or vice-versa). It works flawlessly at 80mph way out there even west of Austin.

A couple weeks ago I was able to relax and play my MMORPG on Jaime’s laptop for 3 hours all the way home. How cool is that? If Jaime and I had a driver and a Town Car, we’d both be able to enjoy those three or four hours each way.

You iPhone d00ds need to get with the program. We’ve had this figured out for years.

*grin*

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