3G Broadband…

No moped yet and since I can’t afford to get it repaired (well not “really” repaired) until I get back my taxes (which means I have to file them), I decided to indebt myself even further by investing (?) in a broadband card.
I realize this seems a bit silly as there a lot of Wi-Fi hotspots around town and since I hang out in coffee shops I never seem far from a connection. True and I hope that trend continues. The unfortunate thing is that when I really, really, really want a connection to demo something (like the website I take care of for others) I can’t get a connection.
This weekend I’ll be in a local district park building and there’s no guarantee there’ll be a hotspot. I need to be able to show off the website, so…
I figure it costs less per month than smoking cigarettes did, so…I guess I can run radio waves through my brain instead of smoke through my lungs. Seems like a fair trade. Which reminds me, it’s been a year now since I quit smoking.
In any case, the broadband card I have is the AT&T Sierra 881u (USB) which I just tested at 1995 kbps down, 1045 up. Not too shabby. I used to use a 300 baud modem (am I dating myself or what?) so it’s speedy enough for what I do.
That’s it for tonight – tomorrow I’ll bring the whole mess to work where I’ve never actually be able to connect my laptop because there’s no Wi-Fi. This way I can do stuff on my computer our proxy servers disallow. Since I won’t be connected through their network I can’t cause them grief. This may be worth it after all. 🙂
Aloha!