Get Clearwire's 4G modem or similar device from Verizon. It worked almost all the places. On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Diana Hardina <upstreamadvertising at mac.com>wrote: > ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > I'm very curious about this as well. I am headed to Yellowstone and > grand Canyon and was trying to figure out if I would be able to get a > mobile hot spot and find activities along the way? Has anyone tried > these in the Great West? I hope it's okay to jump into this question, > sorry if it's not. > Diana > On May 28, 2011, at 10:43 PM, ussailis at shaysnet.com wrote: > > > ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's > > area. > > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > > > > "Deja vu all over again" > > > > Perhaps I didn't spell it right, but here's the plot. > > > > Many, many years ago we put FM radio in the boss' car. One of the very > > first. The plan was a first production run of 5000 units. The boss > > drove > > over the Mystic River Bridge. Next day, we started trying to > > understand & > > fix the problem. > > > > The metal supports of the bridge caused signal reflection so that > > there was > > a woshing sound as he drove near every support. This also occurred > > when he > > drove down the Fenway, here the woshing was caused by the trees that > > line > > the street. > > > > The problem is now known as "multipath" propagation. Signal coming via > > more > > than one path, so the two (or more) signals have a probability of > > canceling > > each other. This is annoying with a weak signal in your car radio. > > Computers don't get annoyed. > > > > That gadget will probably work very well sitting on a table in the > > nearest > > bistro, or at a meeting, ball game, etc. But I would worry about it in > > a > > rapidly moving train. It's effectiveness would depend on the distance > > to > > each phone cell site you go past, the amount of vegetation near the > > tracks, > > bridges, etc. > > > > Someday trains will do as planes do now. Use a satellite service for > > internet, and place a WiFi access point in each car. > > > > A suggestion; get a good return policy if it doesn't work as well as > > you > > think it should. > > > > > > Jim Ussailis > > > > > > > > Original Message: > > ----------------- > > From: Jeff Rutherford jeff at jeffrutherford.com > > Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 16:38:22 -0400 > > To: hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > Subject: [Hidden-tech] AT&T Mobile Hotspot MiFi® 2372 - AT&T > > BusinessDirect® | Premier Business Center > > > > > > ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's > > area. > > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > mail2web - Check your email from the web at > > http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion > > list. > > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members > > _______________________________________________ > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20110530/ebecb3ff/attachment.html