MyTether and Sprint for WiFi access saves the day again

Posted By on August 5, 2010

Although I’m finding myself using a 3G cellphone connection for my computer less and less as free wifi spots are opening up everywhere I tend to travel, I do find myself thankful to keep MyTether on my Palm Pre for those moments I need a wireless hotspot.

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While stopping for lunch today, the normal wireless access point at McDonalds was not working and I was able to download email and send a file by switching on my access. This hasn’t been the first time I’ve used my cellphone as a modem to save the day and realized I clocked a speed test 4 years ago somewhere along this same route and posted it to my blog. I got me wondering … has Sprint (and Palm hardware) changed my connection speeds … they have. The 3G footprint has improved too.

Now: 1.65 Mbps down / 285 kbps up. Then: 347 kbps down / 33.8 kbps up

Comments

  • http://bilikfamily.com/ Scott

    It was tethering via USB that kept me sane in rural MI. It was my laptop’s “ad hoc networking” that kept my baby sister sane as she could leach my bandwidth on her laptop too.

  • http://bilikfamily.com/ Scott

    It was tethering via USB that kept me sane in rural MI. It was my laptop’s “ad hoc networking” that kept my baby sister sane as she could leach my bandwidth on her laptop too.

  • http://richcorbett.us RichC

    Actually I offered my password to my Palm Pre wifi hotspot to the frustrated guy sitting next to me … but he declined and closed up his computer. About the only thing I dislike about connecting wirelessly with my Pre is draining the battery. (yes, I could just plug it into the computer and charge while connected. Next time)

  • http://richcorbett.us RichC

    Actually I offered my password to my Palm Pre wifi hotspot to the frustrated guy sitting next to me … but he declined and closed up his computer. About the only thing I dislike about connecting wirelessly with my Pre is draining the battery. (yes, I could just plug it into the computer and charge while connected. Next time)

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