Newcomer to Web Worker Daily writer, Tom Belden is no stranger to me. I grew up reading his words of wisdom in Philadelphia when he was writing for the Philadelphia Inquirer. He still does that. Today, Belden takes us on a magical tour of how to get good rooms, at good prices and where to … Read more
Pal Jonathan Greene reported that he’s now able to experience Cablevisions’ Optimum WiFi in his neck of the woods, Westchester County. While it is not the same on the train like T-Mobile offers in London, the area wide WiFi service serves as a model of what cable companies should be doing to keep their subscribers … Read more
AT&T is rolling out more benefits to Apple iPhone users all the time, as the war with T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless gets rolling with new devices (the Google Android G-1 and Blackberry Storm.) What they are doing is offering all iPhone users free AT&T Hotspot access in their WiFi locations. This means for the most … Read more
SF Bay Area based Devicescape have rolled out EasyWiFi, a simple to install, easy to use WiFi and Access Point login aggregation application that stores your usernames and passwords safely in the cloud, and logs you on automatically. DeviceScape works with both mobile handsets that have WiFi as well as Macs and PCs. For those … Read more
This new travel router has a difference. It works with a 3’s 3G data stick. In many ways this is like Cradlepoint, the device I use to share my Sprint or ATT mobile broadband USB devices. These make sharing your Internet connection very easy. Try one. You never know who you’ll meet sharing the Net … Read more
MaxRoam’s founder, Pat Phelan, picks up on my thread of how to be a better road warrior/Global Nomad with his recession busting travel tips. In many ways Pat picks up on some of my earlier tips, including client Boingo for hotel WiFi where he writes: Finally and most importantly get a Boingo account, Boingo were … Read more
Having now spent almost a year on the road non-stop while my house and community goes through a major restoration, renovation and upgrade process I pretty much have mastered the art of working anywhere. Here some tips that go beyond simply making technology work for us. 1. Don’t be cheap 2. Don’t try to cut … Read more
Jason Brooks at the San Francisco Technology Examiner has a great post today that tells residents and visitors to the city by the Bay where they can find WiFi and which operators serve up the best access. He lists links to T-Mobile, AT&T, Boingo and FON.
The Cloud and BT are ending their roaming relationship. I wouldn’t be surprised to see something else coming from the Cloud in the way of a deal with one of the mobile operators. One solution is client Boingo, which if memory serves me correctly, has a roaming agreement with the Cloud.
It’s easy to see that the GSMA is a tad nervous about the pending deployment of less expensive broadband via WiMax in the USA. Mike Elgan points out the cold hard facts that they don’t need to only promote, but the mobile operators should fix it too wit the money. As better broadband comes along … Read more
