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iport (was Re: Sun / StarOffice)
From: Bruce Speyer (bruce.speyer@elecomm.com)
Tue, 31 Aug 1999 21:16:10 -0500
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Total nonsequitoir...I've run into iport (http://www.atcominfo.com/iportmain.asp) a few times while at hotels (Mark's point 3 below). It is plug&play compatible through a web browser, you just plug in with your ethernet card and launch Internet Explorer or Netscape and it sets up everything in about 30-60 seconds and you are on the internet without doing any hardware or software setup other then registering your name and providing a credit card number. The iport provider can make it work with cat5, cable modem, coax, copper wire, or wireless lan (802.11). For example, iport is being installed on Royal Carribean cruiseliners.
You still need a laptop with a ethernet card but given that it sure makes getting to the internet really easy and very fast (1.5Mb or better from hotel rooms).
Best Bruce
At 04:17 PM 8/31/99 -0500, Mark Gaither wrote: >At 12:31 PM 8/31/99 -0700, you wrote:
>>maybe I am missing something here ? but wouldn;t you
>>need a "laptop" type device to connect from the road ?
>>I can use my WinCE palmtop with thin client, but you
>>will still need a device right ? or are you saying
>>goto a resource where you can aurf the web and do it
>>there ?
>>-Chris
>
> Nope. I have got connection in most cities either
> at:
>
> 1) the public library (like in Flagstaff, AZ)
> 2) an Internet coffee house (like in Sydney, NSW Australia)
> 3) at select hotels (like the Inn at Spanish Bay in Monterey, CA)
> 4) almost every airport (even in Boise!)
>
> Mark
>
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