What do Lance Armstrong, Barack Obama have in common with NetEqualizer? Read on to find out.
The engineers at APconnections, being the geeks that they are, like to play a little game of trying to make a valid case for famous people who may have used a NetEqualizer. Loosely defined this means have they ever logged into the Internet through an ISP provider that uses NetEqualizer for their bandwidth control.
Obviously most of this game based on p racticalspeculation, but there are some compelling cases. In the case of Barack Obama it is a matter of timing. The diplomatic American Embassy in Kabul runs an unsecured wireless internet service for employees and visitors. A few months ago they purchased and installed a NetEqualizer , seems there internet link was getting a bit overloaded. We also know from our sources inside the embassy, that Diplomats, including US Congressmen and Senators, will often stop over, open their laptops and use the wireless network in the Embassy to check personal e-mail. So it is very likely that various US Senators and Congressmen have been logged into our system there, especially over the holidays when they are drumming up support by posing with the troops. Unfortunately our research shows that Senator Obama’s recent world wide tour had him in Kabul on July 19th. The NetEqualizer did not arrive at the embassy until early October of this year. A minor disappointment, but things are looking good for the next president.
Note: Sitting presidents do not use public Wi-fi systems when traveling.
Other likely famous users include Lance Armstrong. The Olympic Cycling training center in Colorado springs deploys a NetEqualizer going on two years now certainly Lance has stopped by once or twice over the years? As for Sarah Palin, we have quite a few units scattered around regional ISPs in the state of Alaska. If Sarah Palin gets out and about with her laptop, there is a good chance she has logged into the Internet through one of our units.
Since we first published this article back in November 2008, we added the Vancouver International Airport as well 100,000 additional users through ISPs throughout the world. We’ll keep searching for celebrity sitings as they come in.
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