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Mobile Broadband links
DSLReports.com is a good site to check for the latest news on mobile broadband.
A PC Magazine article, "Want Wireless Broadband Today? Try a WISP," surveys the current arena of small independent wireless Internet service providers, or WISPs.
WispCheck.com helps you find out if there's an independent local wireless internet service provider (WISP) in your area.
An Ecommerce Times article, "What's Lighting the Fire Under Mobile Broadband?" provides an overview of mobile broadband for computers as well as smartphones, predicting how the market and providers will evolve.
"Broadband Stimulus Package No Blank Check" at Fierce Broadband Wireless discusses the implications of the $6 billion dollars for improving the U.S. broadband infrastructure that's part of the economic stimulus passed by Congress and the Obama administration.
The About.com mobile-office guide covers the basics of hooking your laptop to your cell phone for Internet access, using your cell phone's data plan. (Note: ConsumerSearch is owned by About.com, but the two don't share an editorial affiliation.)
EVDOInfo.com provides information on available mobile broadband adapters, plus a comparison review of mobile broadband routers for sharing your mobile broadband among two or more users.
DeadCellZones.com lets you check for coverage complaints by zip code and cell phone carrier. It's designed to report on cell phone calls rather than data plans, but if you can't connect, you can't connect.
Intel provides a guide to finding the nearest WiMAX to your home base.
WiMAX.com provides a Dec. 2008 buyer's guide to WiMAX. (Registration is required but the article is free.)
Mobile broadband providers
Alltel (now owned by Verizon)
Clear (owned by Clearwire)
Cricket Broadband (owned by Leap Wireless)
MobilityPass (prepaid)
Xohm (owned by Clearwire)
