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Wireless connection

Posted By: oldandtiredtooo on 2007-11-21
In Reply to: Anone MTers use wireless connection for MT work such as Alltel sm - Snowflake

I have a USB wireless card through Sprint that I can use on either my laptop or desktop. Had some remote computer repairs done earlier and the tech was amazed by my connection speed, but I am only about a mile to a mile and a half from an enhanced cell tower, so distance from a cell tower will also makes a difference. Verizon also offers a similar card so you might want to check into something like that.
Hope this was helpful.


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Unplug their internet connection nm
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OK, for laptop users...connection question...

As per the discussion below about laptops.  How many of you have wireless internet and how reliable and fast is it? If I were to go up to our mountain (foothills) lake lot and try to transcribe, I fear the mountains would cut out the signal.


Even those of you that transcribe on the deck, if you don't have wireless, don't you have to string a high-speed cable out there or a phone line if you use the phone? Oh, of course I am assuming that some of you work for nationals and need a phone or cable connection.  I suppose some of you work off of tapes or such.


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Yes, only one day - my internet connection was too slow for program. nm
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I think you need to network the puters, not make a connection. Anyone know what
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..................


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I've been told most errors are connection sm
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the bush-saudi long-time connection....sm

conspiracy theories or not - all this gives food for thought for those still living with a functioning brain.  Also, there are literally thousands of these articles online for those who are interested.


http://www.americanprogress.org/site/pp.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF&b=99415


http://www.veteransforpeace.org/The_secret_saudi_052703.htm


http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/conspiracytheories/saudi.html


that would be lickity. The slow connection must have erased a few letters. LOL (nm)
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