mediajunk

I am a late convert (considering my interest in all things Internet) to wireless access. But now that I've started, I am sure that, as with the web itself, I will wonder how I ever coped without wireless access.

I believe that wireless access has just reached a tipping point in Ireland, particularly in Dublin, with enough hotspots to make it feasible. I'm currently in the Little Chef cafe in Swords, which isn't officially a hotspot incidentally, but is in the same building as the Travelodge, which in turn receives a wireless service from Bitbuzz. The access fee is a little expensive, incidentally, so I don't think Bitbuzz will complain that I am receiving next door's signal, as they are still getting my money.

The download speed -- despite the signal being weak from my slight geographical distance from the hotspot -- is still fast enough to work with. And while my own laptop doesn't have internet access, I bought a USB wireless LAN converter, which is a magic-marker sized gadget that plugs into the USB spot in my machine, a little like a memory stick, thus making it wireless-enabled.

So, no more internet cafe for me!