I am back from my trip to Japan. Did some warbus'ing (I was in a bus, so
I wasn't driving) and picked up four open networks in downtown Yokohama,
around their train station. Not much wi-fi in general. The Wi-Fi
coverage in Narita Airport is spotty. They use some sort of a
proxy/redirect type service. Auth via MAC tables in access points seems
to be the popular way to provide/prevent access.
Anyway, as promised earlier, here are some pictures of the 3G card used
by folks in Japan. It is the "FOMA" brand by NTT DoCoMo.
http://verma.sfsu.edu/users/wireless/3gcard1.jpg
http://verma.sfsu.edu/users/wireless/3gcard2.jpg
http://verma.sfsu.edu/users/wireless/3gcard3.jpg
But there is no love (read Wi-Fi) at Starbucks...just lousy coffee,
nothing new.
http://verma.sfsu.edu/users/wireless/tko-starbucks1.jpg
http://verma.sfsu.edu/users/wireless/tko-starbucks2.jpg
Sameer
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Sameer Verma, Ph.D.
Asst. Professor of Information Systems
San Francisco State University
San Francisco CA 94132 USA
http://verma.sfsu.edu/
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