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Earthlink Launches Fixed Wireless ISP Service

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the must-be-in-@tlanta dept.

rkischuk writes: "As an alternative to cable modem and DSL, Earthlink is launching "High Speed Internet Fixed Wireless Access". You lock a 14" square dish onto your home, and all that comes inside is the network cable that connects directly to your NIC. The connection is transmitted over radio waves, probably to transmitters mounted on local towers. Service seems comparable to DSL in both price ($42.95 / month) and speed (1.5 Mbps downstream, 128 Kbps upstream). No idea on the latency. Service is currently only available for pre-order in the Atlanta area. This seems to finally get the behemoth cable and phone companies from trying to monopolize such services, but brings the wireless providers into the mix (it's probably their cell-phone towers)."

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  1. first post....maybe by kndnice · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first post hopefully

  2. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    sucka

  3. First fucked up post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is the first post to be made under the influence of alcohol and/or illegal drugs.

  4. Linux is dying by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    SAN DIEGO, Dec. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- WebSideStory, Inc. ( www.websidestory.com ), the world's leading provider of outsourced e-business intelligence services, today reported that despite much hype and expectation in recent years, Linux has failed to gain market share from Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) and Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) operating systems. As of December 17, 2001, Linux held a global usage share of only 0.24 percent, according to WebSideStory's StatMarket ( www.statmarket.com ), a Web development optimization service and the leading source for data on global Internet user trends. This compares with Microsoft's Windows and Apple's Macintosh operating systems, which hold a combined global usage share of more than 98 percent. For almost three years, Linux usage share has fluctuated between .2 and .3 percent, with no substantial growth. Usage share is the percentage of Internet surfers that are using a particular operating system.

  5. I can't believe nobody's tried to hack... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ... the /. feature that places the domain from an href in brackets.

    Like so:
    Here's a link to www.sex.com[Update:www.sex.com].

    I'm sure there's plenty of creative things one can do, anticipating an 'official' comment added to an href.

  6. sprint's comments on it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    you can see documentation of their attempt here