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Comment on Motorola Q Update by Nikki

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Comment on Gogo Inflight Internet: My First Wi-Fi Flight by Rick

Rick — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 23:06:03 +0000

Thats the benefit of long legs! Just wedge your knees under their seat so they cant recline….then when they turn around, just smile.

Sounds cruel, but its tough! I’m a tall chap and I need my space….not some balding, greasy haired old guy as my in flight entertainment :p

Comment on HOW TO: Configure Azureus by dev

dev — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 16:29:38 +0000

thank you!!!

Comment on CLEAR Launches 4G WiMAX in Atlanta by Paul

Paul — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:12:28 +0000

Hope and pray that LTE does not win out! Because if it does, then nothing’s changed and we get more of the same from Verizon, AT&T, and their ilk. Do you think we’ll be getting a reasonable flat-rate, all-you-can-use data plan like Clear WiMax is offering right now? I highly doubt it. The established wireless companies make tons of cash from people going over their allotted primetime cell minutes and paying through the nose for their overages. They want Clear WiMax to die off, so they can maintain this horrible status quo. All those bazillion free evening and weekend minutes are just a gimmick. Most people need to use their phones during the day, during the week, and before 9pm. So if you care about choice, support and promote Clear WiMax as much as possible! And remember, Clear WiMax is a separate entity from CLEARWIRE and has a lot of very satisfied customers!

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BlueHornet — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:22:54 +0000

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mr. traffic — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:43:04 +0000

Thanks for the info – I wonder how many sites/companys use this in their practice?

Comment on Gogo Inflight Internet: My First Wi-Fi Flight by jestexman

jestexman — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:30:26 +0000

I was able to use a free VPN (logmein) to log into my home computer while flying back from DC. It worked very well IMO.

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alkazaider — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:06:27 +0000

What would you do if the internet crashed for good? Would you get used to life with less communication and less “being connected” or would you be pretty bummed for the rest of your life?

This is assuming it was not fixed. Perhaps some largescale EMP attack or something that crippled it for the next 50+ years or so.

Comment on Gogo Inflight Internet: My First Wi-Fi Flight by Aaron Eiche

Aaron Eiche — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:28:54 +0000

While intriguing, I think my preference is that outside communication be kept to a minimum on the plane. I’m not trying to be a hermit up there, but I guess I’m concerned about our generations ability to be able to be unplugged for more than 10 minutes. I have a hard enough time getting myself off of the computer as it is…

Comment on Gogo Inflight Internet: My First Wi-Fi Flight by oneighturbo

oneighturbo — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:38:50 +0000

I’m sitting on Delta way up in the sky on gogo!

@Tim i just missed ya. im headed up there now!

Comment on How To: Upgrade to Studio Monitor Speakers by Zachary Jones

Zachary Jones — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:06:03 +0000

I mentioned this article on a similar article I wrote on my site. My article mentions a different set of entry-level studio monitors that are very decent quality but are a little cheaper.

http://www.peacefullyadrift.com/posts/home-studio-guide-get-studio-monitor-speakers/

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Comment on How To: Upgrade to Studio Monitor Speakers by Home Studio Guide: Get studio monitor speakers — Peacefully Adrift

Home Studio Guide: Get studio monitor speakers — Peacefully Adrift — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:55:49 +0000

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romonoeroetoko — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:55:22 +0000

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Comment on Gogo Inflight Internet: My First Wi-Fi Flight by SEO training

SEO training — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:37:56 +0000

Sweet… thanks for the post. I was recently in the airport and was able to connect in the terminal via Boingo but there was nothing available on the plane. I’m not sure how the technology works but this is a huge boost for people like me who can’t sleep on the plane. I guess now i’ll be able to update my social media stuff while at 30,000 feet. Thanks for the great update.

Comment on Gogo Inflight Internet: My First Wi-Fi Flight by Paul Stamatiou

Paul Stamatiou — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:43:56 +0000

Agreed – it is kind of odd to have all these freebies and then have Wi-Fi (an almost essential for most) as a paid add-on. However, I kind of relate this to hotel Wi-Fi. It’s free for the crappy hotels just to get you to stay there, but at the expensive 4/5 star hotels Wi-Fi is almost never free and some like $10+ per day.

And I definitely agree on your 4th point. My biggest pet peeve is when the person in front of me reclines and I have to make a death leap to save my laptop screen from getting crushed… so annoying!

Comment on Gogo Inflight Internet: My First Wi-Fi Flight by Paul Stamatiou

Paul Stamatiou — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:41:23 +0000

ah that’s a bummer!

Comment on How To: Getting Started with Amazon EC2 by James Lewis

James Lewis — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:47:34 +0000

This kind of article is really useful, Amazon’s documentation seems to start at a little to high a level. What I really need to understand is how to build an AMI, and how to get it uploaded, anyone know an article detailing that process?…

Comment on Gogo Inflight Internet: My First Wi-Fi Flight by Tim Dorr

Tim Dorr — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:45:58 +0000

That’s about the speeds I got going from ATL to SFO: http://skitch.com/timdorr/bwxh1/gogo-speedtest

I had one interruption of service on the way there, none on the way back. I’m going up to BOS today, so I’ll check out how it is on that ride.

Also, I don’t think the 3 hour cutoff for the flight time is accurate. I was charged $13 for my flight to SFO and $10 on my way back. It’s either a 4 hour cutoff or it’s only counting estimated usable time in flight.

Comment on Gogo Inflight Internet: My First Wi-Fi Flight by George Gomez

George Gomez — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:59:21 +0000

@ahow628

Would be nice for AirTran to do Twitter updates, but having Wi-Fi on all its flights, kinda no need to do that. Really awesome bandwidth stats and security observation Paul! One step ahead as always…

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Comment on Gogo Inflight Internet: My First Wi-Fi Flight by Zachary Jones

Zachary Jones — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:07:24 +0000

When I flew out of Atlanta to LA last month I flew on Delta, on a GoGo-enabled flight both ways. However, the gogoinflight network never appeared. According to the flight attendants it was supposed to work, it just didn’t. Disappointing. I was going to give it a shot.

Comment on Gogo Inflight Internet: My First Wi-Fi Flight by Jonathan Solichin

Jonathan Solichin — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:22:23 +0000

Interesting take. And I agree with you, unless you really need to be on the internet in those few hours you are on the flight, you don’t really need it.

Comment on How Do You Like Your MacBook? by Megan Hanley

Megan Hanley — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:14:57 +0000

I’m looking in to either purchasing a 2nd gen. white macbook because its cheaper, or the new macbook pro. i personally think that the macs are far better computers then the pcs because my current dell streams in a lot of viruses, and is continully getting slower. but what my promblem is is choosing between the newer macbook pro or the orginal macbook considering the budget aspect. from your reveiws im leaning toward the macbook pro. sorry for your troubles. : ( wish me luck with mine.

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Ron — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:22:49 +0000

I can’t figure out how to use the camera such that it doesn’t save to a new file every time I hit “pause”. As noted in a previous post, if I’m recording an event, want to hit pause, I just want it to keep recording as one file (like an old-fashioned “tape” recorder would do). Is that possible? I’m not a techie, and it’s way too time-consuming to try to splice together 50+ different files from my son’s sporting events. Many thanks.

Comment on Gogo Inflight Internet: My First Wi-Fi Flight by FJ de Kermadec

FJ de Kermadec — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:37:11 +0000

Unfortunately, upping security would probably mean locking out most corporate and casual users, who supposedly constitute the core market of such a service.

An open, unencrypted network is already difficult for many users to connect to: add a password, and it becomes simpler to wait for the airport’s Internet kiosks… This being said, would a VPN (even a light one) work on Gogo’s network or would it be so slow as to be unusable?

Comment on Gogo Inflight Internet: My First Wi-Fi Flight by HK

HK — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:34:47 +0000

Great post. I am going to have to agree with your point on being separated with the internet during flights being a good thing. This allows for a focus on other things although, like you mentioned, in our day and age (and I think I speak for the masses) being disconnected for flights (especially over a longer period of time) kind of gets me a little nervous ;)

Knowing that at least there is an inet connection available makes the flight all the more soothing.

Comment on Gogo Inflight Internet: My First Wi-Fi Flight by ahow628

ahow628 — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:00:51 +0000

Southwest offers about 9 flights a day which have Wi-Fi. They post daily (subject to change) which flights they will be on their Twitter account @SouthwestAir.

Comment on Gogo Inflight Internet: My First Wi-Fi Flight by Brian

Brian — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:06:46 +0000

Last month, I flew AirTran to Vegas and back from Atlanta and they had this (though I recall it being only $7.95). Anyway, I refused to pay for a couple of reasons:

1) I bought a business class ticket. If I can have free XM Radio, free drinks, and free snacks why would I pay to use the Internet?

2) I agree that it’s good to be “disconnected” for a bit. I already obsessively check FriendFeed, Twitter, and my email. It’s good to HAVE to stop for just a little while. Also, when they inevitably let people start using cell phones on planes, look for rioting to begin.

3) With a 32 GB iPod, 32 GB iPhone, and a Mophie Juice Pack Air I have enough entertainment to last me from one coast to another without having to pay for the privilege. The cost is the same as a hotel in Vegas would charge but I can at least use that connection for up to 24 hours.

4) If you do have to whip out a computer on a crowded-ass plane, this makes another case for that computer to be a netbook.

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Gogo Inflight Internet: My First Wi-Fi Flight — PaulStamatiou.com — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:39:57 +0000

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Comment on Part 2: Azureus Optimization and Plugins by Lanny

Lanny — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:10:21 +0000

Paul,

You still offering advice on how to configure Azureus? I could sure use some help. I’m 68 years old — a newbie.

If you’re willing: I just reconfigured the prefs (on a MacBook Pro) according to your recommendations and now it seems to be working even slower. Question: How can the Seeds and Peers be such a large number and yet the Progress is 0, or infinite?

What should I be looking for to clear this up?

TIA,

Lanny

Comment on Thoughts on WiMAX by Fred

Fred — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:15:27 +0000

An important consideration that could make the rollout much easier is Clearwire’s partnership with Comcast. At least within the cities where Comast has a cable franchise, Comcast already has their own backhaul capability throughout the entire city and the rights to put devices up on phone poles. The 802.16 “tower” doesn’t have to be nearly as complicated or expensive to build as a cell tower.

Those people with a clue in the radio business are realizing that in a year or two car “radios” will be a WiMax device capable of receiving any audio stream on the internet, unconstrained by local radio monoplies protected by the FCC licensing system. That’s why all of the major radio station owners (and even Sirius/XM) are teetering on bankruptcy.