Comments on: Always-connected notebooks are the future http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2008/11/always-connecte.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:36:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Derek http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2008/11/always-connecte.html/comment-page-1#comment-10096 Derek Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:15:35 +0000 http://sync.ymbn.net/sync/2008/11/always-connecte.html#comment-10096 <p>It is a great idea but I already know the connection charges will be astronomical and beyond what I am willing to pay. I am a gadget freak but refuse to play the wireless game until the prices are more in line with what we are actually getting. These providers should realize it would be more prosperous to drop the prices and connect everyone rather than taking advantage of a few that will pay anything because they feel that they need the service. If these idiots stopped giving the providers a blank cheque, the services would be better priced.</p> It is a great idea but I already know the connection charges will be astronomical and beyond what I am willing to pay. I am a gadget freak but refuse to play the wireless game until the prices are more in line with what we are actually getting. These providers should realize it would be more prosperous to drop the prices and connect everyone rather than taking advantage of a few that will pay anything because they feel that they need the service. If these idiots stopped giving the providers a blank cheque, the services would be better priced.

]]> By: Tariq Qurashi http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2008/11/always-connecte.html/comment-page-1#comment-10095 Tariq Qurashi Sun, 23 Nov 2008 08:06:30 +0000 http://sync.ymbn.net/sync/2008/11/always-connecte.html#comment-10095 <p>I completely agree with the authors assessment of where things are going. I also agree, with what he is saying about the utility of having a cell phone and a notebook. </p> <p>As a person who has done it both ways, I find that, a cell phone and a notebook combination IS more useful than having a blackberry or similar PDA and a stationary PC.</p> I completely agree with the authors assessment of where things are going. I also agree, with what he is saying about the utility of having a cell phone and a notebook.

As a person who has done it both ways, I find that, a cell phone and a notebook combination IS more useful than having a blackberry or similar PDA and a stationary PC.

]]> By: becca http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2008/11/always-connecte.html/comment-page-1#comment-10094 becca Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:20:43 +0000 http://sync.ymbn.net/sync/2008/11/always-connecte.html#comment-10094 <p>Bruce: This is already possible in Canada by subscribing to a new service now being offered by both Bell and Rogers (and likely other companies in other market areas). For prices ranging from $18 to $45 per month, you either pop a USB-key-like object (Rogers) into your laptop, or connect the laptop to a moden that you plug into an electrical outlet wherever you are (Bell). </p> <p>The Bell product is bulkier but you get more choice in package prices. I think they both use cell-phone towers to relay data, so in some rural and northern areas of the country you would not get a connection. Rogers has a map on its web-site that shows where their device works; I'm not sure where to get that info for Bell.</p> <p>In any case, the price is no more than I am now paying for my high-speed connection at home, so I can't see any downside and am planning to switch. I just need to do a little more research on the various packages to figure out which will fit my needs best.</p> <p>I don't know what your question about URLs means, sorry.</p> Bruce: This is already possible in Canada by subscribing to a new service now being offered by both Bell and Rogers (and likely other companies in other market areas). For prices ranging from $18 to $45 per month, you either pop a USB-key-like object (Rogers) into your laptop, or connect the laptop to a moden that you plug into an electrical outlet wherever you are (Bell).

The Bell product is bulkier but you get more choice in package prices. I think they both use cell-phone towers to relay data, so in some rural and northern areas of the country you would not get a connection. Rogers has a map on its web-site that shows where their device works; I'm not sure where to get that info for Bell.

In any case, the price is no more than I am now paying for my high-speed connection at home, so I can't see any downside and am planning to switch. I just need to do a little more research on the various packages to figure out which will fit my needs best.

I don't know what your question about URLs means, sorry.

]]> By: Bruce Walker http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2008/11/always-connecte.html/comment-page-1#comment-10093 Bruce Walker Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:38:53 +0000 http://sync.ymbn.net/sync/2008/11/always-connecte.html#comment-10093 <p>I would like to get into the internet a lot more easily at any truck stops or any other area away from home.will the URL be the solution to my internet problems?Remember to include the cost.</p> I would like to get into the internet a lot more easily at any truck stops or any other area away from home.will the URL be the solution to my internet problems?Remember to include the cost.

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