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3G Internet Access Via PCMCIA Card

Posted by timothy on Tuesday September 21, 2004 @11:20AM from the posted-from-a-found-wifi-spot dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Found this on a European site. It's a PCMCIA card that connects you to the internet over a 3G network. With a download rate of 384kb/sec, it's close to broadband speed, and it works wherever there's network coverage. If you're tired of searching for a WiFi hotspot when you need one, this could be the answer."

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data plan == arm & leg by sPaKr · 2004-09-21 11:29 · Score: 4, Insightful

There are a ton of these pcmcia wireless cards floating around. Now if they had a unlimited data plan that didnt break the bank that would be NEWS!
Re:Why always somewhere else? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-21 11:42 · Score: 4, Insightful

There are several reasons.

Japan is about the size of a postage stamp, so "upgrading" the network takes a long weekend.

The US is quite large, and "covering" the bulk of the US with a new technology is a vast and expensive undertaking.

Also, we live in a political society that loves to write useless legislation that does nothing but complicate small matters and slow down new and cool undertakings.