I’m a geek, facinated with the latest tech. While listening to The Tech Guy, I heard of the Cradlepoint, which takes broadband (read EVDO) enabled phones, and create a wifi hotspot. How cool is that? You can create (and share) a wifi hotspot anywhere you can get EVDO. The caveat is, EVDO is a US only service.
Now Celcom offers the same concept, but using a 3GX (3.5G to us peons), 3G, EDGE or GPRS SIM card. Imagine the possibilities:
- Kerteh airport can get wifi without the hassle of getting a landline.
- Heck, forget Kerteh, your house can have broadband wifi without a landline (I hear Streamyx squirming in the background).
- Start a personal hotspot whenever you want to get online, make the spot public, and have a splash page advertising your services.
- SME opportunities: micro Internet cafe? Roadshow internet access?
One problem is that you will be tethered to a power socket until you can figure out a portable power source.
I have been informed that there is a phone socket on the machine, so that you will be able to receive and make calls while it uses your SIM card.
Will you be able to use other service providers with this piece of equiptment? Unknown, I haven’t been given a test unit (you can tell I’m low on the food chain).
Contact Rizal at rizaldee@celcom.com.my or +60196201771.
Posted by Wata 
Wata - Malaysian Oil and Gas Engineer 