On 4/8/08, AlunFoto, discombobulated, unleashed:

>Technology has launched a surprise attack on me...
>Back in 2003, in Scotland, I remember Cotty had this special cable
>connecting his cellphone to his Mac to use the cellphone as a regular
>modem. I did the same via IR connection, and got a transfer rate about
>9500 bits per second. The real transfer rate turned out to be lower
>because of packet loss.
>
>My present cellphone is not too happy about connecting via its IR
>interface, so I figured I better get some other stuff. A USB thingie
>is now connected to my laptop (which is the same as in 2003). It hooks
>up to the cellphone network, and must be doing some kinda magic 'cos
>the transfer rate is a whopping 1 megabit. Geez...
>
>I must be getting old. But lucky.

Sitting on the ferry approaching Haugusand (sp) and 3G card in the
MacBook. Supposed to be 7 mbps up and 3.5 down, running slower than that
but still quick enough :) Will cost me though!!!

Yime to go up on deck with a camera....

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