Home for the Holidays with wi-fi
by Josh Staiger
Tomorrow after work, I'll be catching a plane for Cleveland. I'll be in town until January 2nd, using the remainder of my vacation for the year.
Owing to the fact that my parents still haven't come into the 21st century with broadband, I have purchased a one-month subscription to T-Mobile wireless, which services most Starbucks and Borders locations nowadays (except, apparently, the new Southpointe Starbucks where I am typing this in right now). So, I'll be pulling an Adam Curry over the next week and a half.
"I need wi-fi; I need really good solid wi-fi; The wi-fi here is unbelievable. Of course, as I already posted on my blog, y'know, when it comes to me and connectivity...I mean, Jesus Christ, after four weeks of living on a modem, this is almost like, y'know, taking the first toke off of a joint after you haven't smoked for four weeks...which, of course...I can't really...talk about..."
-- Adam Curry, The Daily Sourcecode 12/20/2004
T-Mobile has a reasonable introductory rate of $9.99 for the first month, but I doubt that I'll be sticking with the service much longer than that. Their normal monthly rates are on par with what I'm already paying for regular broadband to my apartment - not to mention that their pay-as-you-go rate is more pricey than a long distance phone call.
With places such as Panera Bread now offering free wi-fi, I've got to imagine that this is going to change sooner rather than later.
As usually happens when I have time off, look for increased blogging activity.