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already. For now, I personally use a WiMax card and Wifi. I get better service from WiFi. The drawback with WiFi, is that you have to stay in one place. There is no "handoff" when you move from one WiFi system to the next. WiMax handles "roaming" so that if you are downloading a big file, you can leave the computer on your back seat and drive without worry. (Public service announcement - speaking on a cell phone is equivalent to being drunk at a level of .08. Don't do it. And certainly don't surf the internet while driving.)<br> <br> Clark, Clearwire, in my expert opinion, is a poor choice. Clumsy and not well engineered. WiMax is still too expensive. I'd stay with Wifi for most people. Every bookstore, bagel shop and bakery in my town has WiFi and if it doesn't I don't go there. <br> <br> Now to really hurt Howard's head....the best, cheapest and mature technology is Internet sent over electric wires. 50,000 people in Cincinnati have it. The electric company sends you a small box and every electric plug in your house is a very solid internet connection AND it's billed on your electric bill for $14 per month. Texas will have it available in 3 million homes this year. Europe has declared it the Euro Internet standard. It solves the digital divide. If you have electricity you have Internet. <br> <br> And your computers in your house are automatically networked. That's for a furture show. or post. but if you have problems reaching parts of your house with your current WiFi router, you can buy two powerline internet boxes at any big box store and plug one in a wall by your Wifi router and plug the second one anywhere in your house. There you need an Ethernet cable from the box to your computer for less than $100. <br> <br> Clark, you certainly are getting better at technology. You admit that you are weak in that area but you sure learn quick.<br> <br> Ben Levitan<br> benlev@aol.com<br> Raleigh, NC
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