Still Infatuated With Connectivity

Posted Thursday, March 10, 2005, at 05:08PM by Eric Richardson

It's quite possible that the coolest thing about being able to have this anywhere Internet access via my phone is that suddenly I have connectivity on the roof of my apartment building. I have some laundry in the dryer, so while I'm waiting I grabbed my laptop and headed up here to hang out for a half hour or so. It's so nice just to be outside after all the crappy weather we've had lately.

Speed wise, my connectivity is testing at about 120 - 140kbps. That's not as fast as EDGE is advertised as being capable of, but it's good enough for me. The one thing I do need to lessen for this is my dependence on ssh. The latency times (600 - 900ms) are just high enough to make interactive typing less than appealing. It's workable, just not fun for email.