04-17-15 10:13 Daryl Stout wrote to ED VANCE about Re: Ed Did It!        1/2   
      
    DS> @MSGID: <5532D63D.13856.windowsa@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    DS> Ed,   
   Howdy! Daryl,   
      
    EV>That set up works O.K. when the computer has a connection to a Router   
    EV>on DSL or Broadband, or close to a Free Wi-Fi outlet.   
      
    EV>No Router or free Wi-Fi nearby, no Ham Radio Operating ._._._     
      
    DS>   I normally am hooked up with Comcast High Speed   
    DS> Internet...but have a Verizon Mi-Fi card for emergency or   
    DS> portable use.   
      
   I never heard of Mi-Fi so I looked it up on eHow and Wikipedia to learn   
   some about it.   
      
   Mi-Fi sends and receives its data on Cellular Phone frequencies.   
      
   I've seen advertisements from NetZero about a item that may use the   
   same technique.   
      
   I went to NetZero to learn some about it and iirc it uses either USB or   
   Cat-5 Wireing to connect it to the computer.   
      
   I've seen a Cricket USB stick used to get on the internet.   
   I guess they're all using the same method to get connected to the   
   internet via Cell Phone frequencies.   
   -snip-   
    EV>IIRC hadn't I read that You also did a Ham Radio Demostration at a Park   
    EV>one time?   
    EV>You sure had to be piggy backing on someone elses internet connection   
    EV>for that Demo.   
      
    DS>   Actually, no piggybacking at all. I had my Verizon Wi-Fi   
    DS> card, that I used for it. My Mom has one as well, and sometimes   
    DS> I'll use both of them...charging one, while using the other   
    DS> one. But, it's rare I do a demo...especially outside...anymore.   
    DS> This time of year, the stinging insects (wasps, hornets, bees,   
    DS> yellow jackets, etc.) are in abundance, and I am allergic to   
    DS> them.   
      
   This time You wrote "Version Wi-Fi card" instead of Mi-Fi.   
      
   At the park did You use a Notebook or Desktop pc?   
      
   The word "card" made me think You were using a Desktop pc because afaik   
   the only "card" a Laptop/Notebook can take is a SODIMM memory module.   
      
   I'm confused enuf, don't confuse me more, especially in a public area   
   such as Memorylane is.   .... ..   
      
   First I learn about a new thing called "Mi-Fi" from You, next I'm   
   thinking that You used a Desktop pc in the park.    DUH!   
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