Re: wireless internet at Austin airport
From: Gene Crick (gcrick@MAIN.Org)
Thu, 24 Aug 2000 00:13:08 -0500 (CDT)
who's the best vendor to contact on this? I'd like more info.
thanks,
gene
On Tue, 22 Aug 2000, Bruce Speyer wrote:
> At 09:49 PM 8/22/2000 -0500, Bruce Speyer wrote:
>
> >i turned on my computer at the airport with the wireless card plugged in
> >and here i am on the internet. only thing i did was put the card in the
> >machine and signup in advance with Wayport. In fact, I'm not sure it was
> >even necessary to signup with Wayport. They may not yet be enforcing
> >authentication. it just works
>
> I watching Mary Zoe off our website site at 220KB bitstream rate for a very
> smooth video. Downloaded at the same time 9.5MB zip file in under 2-1/2
> minutes at a 66KB/sec transfer rate. In other words FAST like the T1 at
> the office.
>
> Only bad thing is Austin is one of only a few airports that have wireless
> Internet installed but in another year it will be common in all airports
> and good hotels.
>
> Neato
> Bruce
>
> Thanks Laurence for buying the card so we could try it out.
>
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