Tuesday, April 11, 2006
EV-DO Router & USB Dongle A Sign Of Change?
Posted by Jon Westfall in "THOUGHT" @ 04:00 PM
"Instead of sitting back and frowning on bandwidth hogging EV-DO to WiFi routers, Sprint has decided to jump into the game themselves with a new device made by Linksys. Accompanying the new router -- which, like current solutions, merely hosts existing PCMCIA EV-DO cards -- is a new USB dongle that brings EV-DO functionality to owners of laptops that lack PC card slots, or adventurous desktop users."
It amazes me that I can use my K-JAM to give an EDGE-speed data connection to my laptop, since only 4 years ago, this was a dream I thought was a long ways away. With the upcoming release of an EV-DO router, are carriers finally coming to their senses and realizing that the data connection they stream games & ringtones through could also be used for laptops & desktops? Is this a sign of a shift in how carriers view the data connections they can provide over their network, or is it merely a way to get some more money out while still viewing their data networks strictly as handset (and not beyond) features?
It amazes me that I can use my K-JAM to give an EDGE-speed data connection to my laptop, since only 4 years ago, this was a dream I thought was a long ways away. With the upcoming release of an EV-DO router, are carriers finally coming to their senses and realizing that the data connection they stream games & ringtones through could also be used for laptops & desktops? Is this a sign of a shift in how carriers view the data connections they can provide over their network, or is it merely a way to get some more money out while still viewing their data networks strictly as handset (and not beyond) features?
