A European country is once again showing the US and the rest of the world how to be progressive and forward-thinking. Finland has decided to make broadband Internet access a legal right and the minimum bandwidth is 1Mbps, on its way to 100Mbps by 2015.
Other countries that have already made Internet access a human right include: Greece, France and Estonia.
I finally got a chance to test out Virgin America’s in-flight WiFi service for myself on a Boston to Los Angeles flight and found that it performed quite well. Download speed (which is what most folks care about) was well over 1Mbps in all of my various speed tests; in some cases, I got as much as 2.5Mbps. However, those folks looking to do some more serious work that involved uploads should be cautioned – I barely got 300kbps and those uploads tests stuttered in more than a few cases.
Virgin America uses Aircell’s GoGo service and while I find that $12.95 for a cross-country flight is a bit pricey (especially on top of the $20 they charged me for my 1 piece of luggage), business users shouldn’t blink for this chance to be more productive. I was also pleased that the staff announced prior to take-off that WiFi coverage could be spotty as we crossed Canada briefly, so we were duly warned.
If you’re on a VA flight, and you need to get on those addictive Interwebs, then you should be pleased with this service.
Like GoToMyPC and LogMeIn, Laplink Everywhere offers folks the ability to gain access to their PCs at home remotely. Apart from standard browser-based access, Laplink Everywhere 5 also comes with a free application for Win Mobile users to access their desktops at home.
Other interesting features include: desktop control, file transfer and synchronization, Outlook access and access to Web bookmarks.
You can try out LLE5 free for 30 days after which it falls back to the limited version. Upgrade to the full version for $49.95/year.
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