AT&T quietly rolled the announcement on their homepage recently that WiMax is now available in the Anchorage area. Reading the fine print, it’s obvious they’re not reaching everywhere in town yet. The $19.95 price point looks attractive at first, but you can quickly deduct they are trying to rope you in on the low end bundle deal with local and long-distance plans then tacking on the less-than-interesting 384K Internet option. As much as I am really excited about WiMax, this really stinks. Read the rest of this entry »
The iPhone is no doubt a great device and will only get better with the expected hardware update. Anyone who already has the iPhone will most likely tell you how cool it is, but the wireless Internet browsing is painfully slow. Well, there’s some good news for those who waited! Read the rest of this entry »
While I am not at liberty to divulge all the juicy details, I have it on pretty good authority that at&t Alascom will be rolling out WiMAX in the Anchorage area this year. They’ve been in Juneau since last fall and have been testing here in Anchorage for several months.
The golden question is: Will it compete with DSL/cable internet?
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It’s official, AT&T has announced they are taking over all the CellularOne business inside Alaska. According to reports, you can now get the iPhone as soon as December 9, 2007. No doubt this will be one of the most popular Christmas wishes for many Alaskans this holiday season. Read the rest of this entry »
Get less for more.
One of the primary motivators for the creation of this blog stemmed from my continuing distaste for the state of ISP (Internet Service Providers) offerings in south central Alaska. Before I dive headlong into a diatribe about the dismal state of Internet access in the Last Great State, allow me to explain how I arrived at the conclusion that “it sucks”. Read the rest of this entry »
