As far as WiFi at work, most companies don't allow just anyone wandering within WiFi range to access the service, for obvious network security reasons. Even if the network appears "Open", your IT Dept may still require WiFi authorization and login password for employees to access.
Anyone with bad intentions could otherwise sneak into a corporate network's back door and access the physical network, data servers and employee PCs. I am sure they also would not allow employees Slinging since it can be a bandwidth hog.
SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone / iPod Touch Review
Categories: iPhone / iPod Touch
May 29, 2009 1:34 PM
May 29, 2009 5:26 PM
Thanks for responding Jeff. Yes slinging at work could result in me looking for a new job. I'm just testing it everywhere I go. There must be some extra protection at work because my iphone has the wifi password programmed in and the settings indicate that I'm fully connected. It's just puzzling how the wifi bars don't show up and my sling player tries to run on edge. Perhaps the Tricker ThreeG program has something to do with it. Dunno, just seems odd...
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May 30, 2009 12:01 AM
If you have connected b4 at work, it should still work fine. Try turning WiFi off and back on again. See what happens then.
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Thanks for responding Jeff. Yes slinging at work could result in me looking for a new job. I'm just testing it everywhere I go. There must be some extra protection at work because my iphone has the wifi password programmed in and the settings indicate that I'm fully connected. It's just puzzling how the wifi bars don't show up and my sling player tries to run on edge. Perhaps the Tricker ThreeG program has something to do with it. Dunno, just seems odd...
If you have connected b4 at work, it should still work fine. Try turning WiFi off and back on again. See what happens then.
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July 9, 2009 8:02 PM
I just received an email from directv offering streaming video of NFL sunday ticket games on the iphone or ipod touch. How funny this is considering they don't want to let us stream video over their network. (AT&T)...........
July 17, 2009 2:24 AM
this review also made me think upon it. i have planned to buy an iphone but this article has somewhat changed it now...
try to get more info on it and then will reconsider it all.
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July 18, 2009 5:02 PM
For those who want to use your 3GS with slingplayer, 3G Unrestrictor got released, it works great so far
August 22, 2009 5:39 PM
Hello all, I have the slingplayer moblie, but i want to use it with a cradlepoint router. Does anybody know how long i could use my aircard before I ran over my 5 gig limit?
Tks
Dan
August 22, 2009 5:46 PM
Hard to predict, but if you have sprint or verizon, their online data usage reporting is pretty immediate. you could run the thing an hour, and then recheck it, figuring out how much you have used.?
August 22, 2009 6:34 PM
Hey, Dan:
Most carriers limit streaming video to 15 fps at 320 x 240 or maybe a little wider for widescreen. Back in the day when I used Sprint unlimited data plan to sling video, it streamed about 230k per second so you can do the math.
60 seconds x 230k = 13.8 megabytes per minute
60 minutes = 828 megabytes
6 hours = 4,968 megabytes (nearly 5 gigs)
So I believe your mileage would be about 6 hours of video.
Not sure what my current iPhone data rate is for streaming video over 3G like MLB or YouTube, I'll have to try to measure it. I know over WiFi it's a speed demon.
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