Technology, Theology, and Anything In Between

Yes, it is a forgotten device, but I do carry a pager. I’ve had good service with AmericanMessaging, which in my area used to be Verizon paging. They have good coverage in New England on the 929.9375 frequency. Their regional frequency of 152.480 is also good, but I did notice I was missing pages in [...]

Okay, I couldn’t resist. I ran a speed test while tethering my laptop near BDL, and the results I got from frontier.net speedtest are: 743kbs download/231 kbs upload Not bad, and it seemed pretty responsive for cellular internet. I was very happy with it, and finally think that usable internet while mobile may be a [...]

I was able to get a 3G phone recently. I have to say, that the coverage maps that Cingular is showing in CT are probably a little exaggerated. The only place in North Central CT I’ve been able to get a 3G signal is where I work, near the airport (BDL). Around there, I get [...]

I’ve been using some really good headphones for the last few weeks, the Sennheiser PXC-250 Noise canceling Headphones. My day job moved me into a noisy factory area, so I figured they would help out with my concentration. So far, they have worked very well. I got a good deal on them at TigerDirect as [...]

I’m really interested in seeing Cingular’s 3G network in Connecticut expand. There is some coverage, but not in the areas I need it. I hope 2007 is the year that 3G is widely deployed across the U.S. for Cingular. Verizon and Sprint already have EV-DO in areas that would be useful to me. As a [...]

I was not able to sleep well the other night. The doctor told me that when this happens (which is not often), the best thing is not to jump on a computer, but to read a book. I decided to get out “Lectures on Calvinism”, by Abraham Kuyper. This was an excellent choice, and I [...]