Re: iport (was Re: Sun / StarOffice)
From: Mark Gaither (mgaither@cmgisolutions.com)
Tue, 31 Aug 1999 22:45:53 -0500
At 09:17 PM 8/31/99 -0500, you 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).
>
Wow, that's really cool. I'll have to get one for my lap top (which I still
carry on business trips but not on holiday trips).
Mark
