Free Wireless Internet Nationwide!!!

Don't get too excited, it's not as cool as it seems. I stayed up until 2 a.m. today just to get a 14.4k connection to the Internet. I bought a $4 link cable on eBay to connect my cell phone to my laptop.

Apparently, there's a free local ISP in Massachussetts and a few elsewhere. Anyway, all it takes is airtime and I can connect to the Internet through Verizon Wireless at 14.4k. How fast is that? It's less than 1/4 of the average dial-up connection!!! Anyway, if I'm in the middle of nowhere and want to know how close the nearest Wal-Mart is and how to get there, I can do that - and while I'm at it do some IM and check my e-mail.....very slowly - BUT IT IS FREE!!!

As a matter of fact, that's how I'm posting this message right now. Even though I'm sitting about 5 feet from my wireless broadband router, I am connecting to the Internet through my phone at a quarter of dial-up speeds. Ok - so maybe only a few nerds care... Well, with as many people at GC that have both laptops and cell phones, maybe not.