Heading to Toronto for DemoCamp 12
I jumped on the train a few minutes ago at Fallowfield Station in Ottawa. Heading to Toronto for DemoCamp 12, where organizer David Crow has agreed to give me a short spot for an iotum Talk-Now demo. Thank you David!
The really cool part? Right now I am sitting on the train, logged into Via’s WiFi network. It’s a little slow, but it’s definitely good enough for blogging. Going to try the VPN next.
February 5th, 2007 at 1:33 pm
It’s ultra slow when I used it (last week). They use satellite and it gets routed to Parsons in the US. I tried using VoIP, but the latency made it unusable. I guess that’s what you get with satellite internet.
- Jason
February 5th, 2007 at 4:05 pm
The underlying technology is from a local company Pointshot Wireless:
http://www.pointshotwireless.com/
February 5th, 2007 at 4:13 pm
Is it still? It always was, but I had the impression that Via had switched. In any case, aside from a lack of VPN access, it’s pretty good.
February 5th, 2007 at 4:37 pm
Hmm…are you sure it’s from Pointshot? According to this page http://www.pointshotwireless.com/customers/deployments.php?pg=train, it’s only for Montreal to Toronto.
- Jason