Comment Cool accessory w/ PCMCIA cellular cards (Score 1) 461
I've tested cellular cards from Sprint, Verizon, and Nextel. The Sprint cards had the most consistent coverage in Raleigh, around North Carolina, and in the dozen or so places we've tested them in other states (usually major metropolitan areas.) However, the Nextel card RAWKS as far as speed--but we're in the test market for their super high-speed connection. I get 1.5M easily with the Nextel card. Too bad the testing ends in a month or so, and the cards will go away.
The very COOLEST accessory you can get with these cards is a Junxion box. Plug the PCMCIA card in one end and get WiFi out the other. I've only tested them with the Sprint cards, but they're FLAWLESS. Turn on WiFi on your laptop and it connects to the Junxion box, which then connects with the cellular card before you even know it!
I drove from Raleigh to Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute way up in the NC mountains. We didn't drop the signal even once on any major highway, and kept it further up into the mountains than I'd expected to. Since we were broadcasting free WiFi for a few hundred feet everywhere we went, we called it "peace driving". If someone warchalks my minivan I'm gonna be PISSED!