Getting online where it's never been possible
I'm sitting in a tent at 4,000 feet, surrounded on all sides by national forest. And I'm online.
It's astounding.
This is where my in-laws live, on top of a mountain, a 45 minute drive to the nearest town. I've never been able to get online here before. In fact, when I was first coming here, in 2000 or so, we could barely get a cell signal.
But here I am, connected--albeit, certainly not at high-speed--via Verizon's EV-DO network. Doing Google searches. I even got into Second Life for a moment.
I mean, I'm online. It's the weirdest thing, and totally great.
Though it's a slow connection today, I bet that within a year, I'll be able to get high-speed via the EV-DO network here. And with that comes the ability to work up here. With views to die for, the cleanest air and fresh vegetables every day.
Hmm. I might not ever return to the office. But don't tell my editor that.
Daniel Terdiman is a staff writer at CNET News covering games, Net culture, and everything in between. E-mail Daniel. 
keyboard and the sounds coming from your computer. Will you
be playing music TOO?
You remind me of people on the bike rides I go on in Colorado.
Every mountain we climb they are on their cell phones calling
someone and giving on the spot descriptions. HOW
OBNOXIOUS!!!
Keep the wilderness WILDERNESS! Go to the mountain and enjoy
what is there, not what you bring with you. Then go home and
write, call about your experience.
- If you can stay stable enough.
- by play7 October 5, 2007 8:57 PM PDT
- Facs are there are not as many players using Second life as they did awhile back. Nice human interst store, but its still the same crappy second life experience. If you have not been on second life. Then don`t start. Its not worth the time of money.
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