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AT&T And The Windows 7 Notebook

Posted by on Nov 16, 2009 | 2 Comments

Today will be more about focusing on netbooks and less about once again ripping into AT&T. And the netbooks in question today happen to be a Windows 7 powered Samsung Go and an Acer Aspire One. As stated in this article, both models support AT&T’s 3G network out of the box.

What is a bit of a concern is the fact that we are not seeing any explanation as to how the troubled network is to take on the extra data use of these netbooks. No, really, I want to understand how AT&T plans on addressing this! It is true that the phone call aspect of things is a moot issue as these are not phones. Bundle this with recent efforts to FINALLY beef up its network in high data use areas, and perhaps we are going to see real improvements on the 3G space?

Speaking for myself, I have no interest in it. Not only am I wary of any 3G mobile network over the benefits of settling for hotel Wi-Fi, but I will never pay monthly fees for something I may never really use anyway. At least with the mobile broadband on my phone, I see it being used frequently.

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  • Randy Allen

    I thought you weren’t going to be ripping into AT&T. Oh well. Rip away. They do deserve it. I keep hoping they will invest the money needed to upgrade their infrastructure to take care of today’s bandwidth and what will be needed in the future, not just for mobile devices, but for business and residential Internet services.

    BTW, I stay away from netbooks because of the lack of power and the small size of the keyboard and screen.

  • Rambozo

    When I was with Verizon, I loved the aircard and used it all the time in both a tablet and a laptop. I have tried the AT&T 3G version and it is of little value to me. With Verizon I could drive from LA to Sacramento streaming internet radio, getting email and other services without ever losing signal. With AT&T I took the same trip and only once or twice got a signal good enough to even send a text email while stopped.