Broadband In The Big Apple
Less than 24 hours after returning from Scandinavia and chronicling about the $40 per day cost of broadband, I checked into the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City (to attend a meeting early the next morning). I was not at all surprised to see broadband Internet access available in the room of this landmark […]
WiFi For $1,200 Per Month
WiFi is becoming more and more prevalent, not just in coffee shops, airport lounges, and hotel lobbies but also in hotel rooms. Some hotels offer WiFi for free as an enticement to stay at their property. Others charge a fee. Last week in Scandinavia, I found WiFi to be pervasive but the cost was off […]
WiFi Update – No. 9
Where is WiFi headed? I don’t claim to have a crystal ball but one thing is for sure and that is that WiFi is making the Internet “always on” and extending it to more people and more devices at more locations. A number of us have predicted that WiFi would become like air and water […]
Flying The Flag
Shortly after September 21st, 2001, more Americans flags began to appear than ever –it was obviously a good idea. It always feels good to ride through the small towns of America on a motorcycle and see an American flag on every house and telephone pole. I decided to attach flags to my motorcycles and found […]
Singapore: First stop
This is going to be a very long flight but, if you have to spend a lot of time on an airplane, Singapore Airlines is the one to be with. The Boeing 747 departed late from JFK but strong tailwinds got us into Frankfurt, Germany ahead of schedule. For security reasons, everyone had to depart […]