Re: iport (was Re: Sun / StarOffice)
From: Christopher Beckwith (cdbeckwith@yahoo.com)
Tue, 31 Aug 1999 20:18:49 -0700 (PDT)
Damnit... I am tired of this damned list not sending
me all the post responses I should be getting... what
is wrong ? I know other people are having this
problem, and when I brought it up before I was asked
to not talk about it...what a bunch of crap...I don;t
care if I get kicked off the list, I just want an
answer. I am curious too..thanks
maybe I should join the geeks@obgyn.com
-Chris
--- Bruce Speyer <bruce.speyer@elecomm.com> wrote:
> 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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