Barrelling across the Canadian countryside, he was able to catch the action over a wireless-internet connection supplied by VIA Rail, the train operator.
The computers and Internet connections are supplied by PowerUP, a nonprofit organization founded last year that works with companies like America Online, Cisco Systems and Hewlett-Packard.
First, there's the issue of quality control: Wireless carriers can't manage the wireless broadband connections supplied by Internet service providers.
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In Ghana, for example, students had to deal with an unreliable internet connection, an unstable power supply and the sudden need for hand gestures to communicate with the people who do not speak their language.
using an internet connection with any compatible PC via the supplied USB cable.
Now, at age 64, she climbs out of bed at 6 a.m. weekdays, careful not to wake her husband, and heads to a home office outfitted with several computers, a high-speed Internet connection and a backup power supply.
Your internet connection works even without power supply.
You supply your own PC, you supply your own high-speed Internet connection".
But she added: "I get angry when people expect us to provide a service that our company doesn't supply, like a wireless Internet connection.
A few hours later, I realized that the device I'd brought to supply my laptop with an Internet connection was on the fritz.
