Damn it, Canada.
As an inhabitant of another country on the same continent, it is my duty to highlight all of the things we have that you don’t. I mean, who needs universal health care when you’ve got truck nuts? Every time someone would bring up the US’ lack of Poutine, I’d counter with the fact that Canada still didn’t have the MiFi hotspot. Alas, I can no longer do so. I’m running out of stuff.
Today, Bell Canada has announced the availability of the MiFi 2732, which connects to Bell’s network to provide 7.2 mbps WiFi to up to 5 users. It’ll set you back $249.95 sans contract – but if you’ll sign up for a 3-year contract, they’ll drop it down to $99 bucks.
There’s a restaurant in the Lower East Side of Manhattan called T-Poutine. Check them out at tpoutine.com if you’re needing a fix.
Apart from the delicious Poutine, I also would like to highlight one thing that we have that you don’t: internet tethering with the iPhone and at no extra charge, it’s part of the client’s data plan.
And now we have MiFi ! Moua ha ha :)
*Correction, seems its only $199.99 sans contract ala bell.ca.
Why would I want the MiFi when there’s software for $30 that does the same thing for my WM phone? Well I’m not sure about the speed, but $30 is better than $200 with a 3 year contract.
http://www.wmwifirouter.com/
They are truck nuts up here… I hate them myself but heck we still got ‘em.