Tethering for some Wireless access
Current Mood:
Esctatic & 
Surprised
The day I got my HTC Touch Pro, I started messing around with it. With such phones as the Touch Pro, comes great capabilities (Such as Wifi, Remote Desktop, etc.) However, the biggest advantage is the ability to Tether your Laptop/Computer with the phone and use it as a modem. To put it in a nut-shell, Tethering allows you to connect your computer (be it Laptop/Desktop) to the phone and use it as a modem; which basically means you have access to the internet.
Now, imagine the following scenario:
You are at your local Star-bucks, getting a cup of coffee. Suddenly, you realize you needed to check your email, as a prospective employer would be sending you important “interview” related information.
Sure, you can configure your cellphone to receive emails and such, but it’s a pain to do any sort of communication over that device because of it’s qwerty keyboard (the size, that is). Granted, some are very good at this… me? I use only if I must. So in such a case, you would pop-out your laptop, and try to connect to the internet, only to find out that Star-buck’s WiFi isn’t actually free (at least in my area it isn’t).
So, if you know how to tether your computer to the phone, you will be in the clear. If you haven’t already tried this out, follow my step-by-step guide found here: Tethering 101: Get Wi-Fi Access from your HTC Touch Pro.
I did it it and I am pleasantly surprised at the Connection Speed Test Results. Well, once my laptop was tethered, I went to the following site to perform the speed test: SPEEDTEST.NET and selected the configuration and ran the test. This is what it outputted:
Am I happy? I am ecstatic! My connection was faster than 47% of the people in the WORLD, and at least 35% of the people in the US. (the 12% discrepancy speaks to the advancement of the US… but that topic/discussion will be reserved for some other day).
Here are the links provided to me by SPEEDTEST.NET:
[URL=http://www.speedtest.net][IMG]http://www.speedtest.net/result/421701387.png[/IMG][/URL]
http://www.speedtest.net/result/421701387.png
[...] If you were wondering, YES. I did do the above steps, and my speed test results were, surprisingly, GREAT. If you would like to know more about my own experience, please visit my blog entry: “Tethering for some Wireless access” [...]