I am at the Houston airport waiting for my flight to board and getting some work done while waiting. I am using the Verizon BroadbandAccess Network to tap the EV-DO to get online. I use the EV-DO a lot and the past five days with no power at home due to Hurricane Ike I have just about worn my Verizon modem out. One thing that strikes me here is how fast the network is with a full four bars of signal strength at the airport. It feels just like broadband and the reason it is so impressive to me, no stranger to EV-DO, is because I have used it exclusively at my house as I mentioned. I only have one to two bars of signal in my house and had gotten used to the not too shabby speeds with that low signal strength. I had forgotten how fast the network is with good signal and it’s blowing me away here in the airport. I am also relishing sitting in a place that has electricity (and thus air conditioning) for the first time in five days. :)
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