OK, so a lot of people are already on the service. It took me a while to get onto it because there wasn\u2019t a pressing need to earlier. What changed? Well, we were at Thomson Medical Center the other day for Ling to do a detailed baby scan, and to my horror, I discovered that Wifi is no longer freely public-accessible. Apparently, registration I\u2019m guessing at the reception is required. What a bummer. A netbook with no net access. Duh.<\/p>\n The Maxmobile service I got on solves the problem nicely. As long as there\u2019s phone coverage, there\u2019s access. The MSI Wind doesn\u2019t have a built-in SIM slot though, so I have to use a USB dongle pictured here. And it takes a couple of minutes to get a connection on the Wind\u2019s Windows 7<\/a> (it zips through on Vista on the NEC notebook though).<\/p>\n But hey, it works, and I\u2019m now empowered again\u2026 during TMC visits LOL.:)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If there\u2019s one thing I missed when I was in Perth, it was quality Internet access. The University network was pretty good, but public Internet access was a different matter. For the first year, I was using dial-up 56K connections,<\/p>\n![\"blog-maxmobile\"](\"https:\/\/chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/blogmaxmobile.jpg\" "\\"blog-maxmobile\\"")
Now, while Wireless@SG<\/a> is free, its reliability can be a mixed bag. You get it in malls, office buildings and public institutions, and even so, while you\u2019re usually certain of getting a connection, it drops on occasion. So, I recently applied for the mobile Internet service that is offered complimentary for the current home Internet service I\u2019m already on.<\/p>\n