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November 14, 2004
Sloooooow
I'm in a hotel that does not seem to understand what it means to do business in the 21st century. I mean, not only do they not have high speed internet in the rooms (WiFi, what's that?), they don't even have access for free in the business center. They charge $3 to set up the connection and 59 cents per minute. To use the internet. In the most wired city in America. Really guys, it might be time to pack it in and see if having something your clients want and use might make them come back.
Luckily I've got plan B. What's that you ask? Well, a GPRS connection over my GSM P800 phone. Enough acronyms? Using Bluetooth, I can make a wireless connection to my wireless phone. The phone has internet connectivity, and the computer can use that. Unless, of course, the stars are not just so.
The problem with this solution is that it is slow. S. L. O. W. That makes blogging pictures a tad difficult. Roundtrip times between me and some servers here and there are all over a second, and most over two. That makes FTPing a picture to the server very difficult, if not impossible.
I am blogging offline (I'm writing this as I wait for a friend to show up so we can go drink), and as soon as I get me some high speed, I'll post. So look for a flurry of stuff on Monday morning.
Posted by Samer at November 14, 2004 02:21 AM
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