As far as work goes, I am a full-time student but make a nice chunk of change doing various sorts of work. Formerly I worked as one of the main guys behind www.freeit4less.com when iPhone unlocks were its product. But aside from this I have a few things I work on for pay\make money to work on, on the web…you could call me a “prepaid wireless consultant” and sometimes a “webmaster” though both of these terms are used loosely in reference to what I do:
My very own 3+ year old info blog on the prepaid cellular world, complete with a forum and a quite large section of reviews on various prepaid cell phones. One of the top sites in its field at the moment, with over 300 hits per day, sometimes topping 400 or even 500.
PrepaidPhone.com and PrepaidWireless.com.
Same guys. I am doing most of the content and a little bit of the “grunt work” on PrepaidPhone and a little bit of work all around on PrepaidWireless.
I work with these guys a lot on content…if there’s an extensive bit of information on a particular phone or plan with regard to wireless, chances are that I wrote it.
I also do a bit of computer repair\consulting\”stuff”, with small forays into other tech pursuits. But the above is mainly what I do for work.
One more thing: I’m in the research phase of creating a wireless “third pipe” internet provider for the places that Sprint\ClearWire’s WiMAX service may never go, or may take forever to go. Advice and investment are both welcome 
#1 by Rowland on June 26, 2010 - 4:55 pm
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Ian,
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I’m only an amatuer inventor — not an enigineer — but I picked up a 3.65 GHz license and filed a provisional patent for a WiMax based wireless broadband supernetwork earlier this year, to do a version of what you talk about in your blog.
Without going into a lot of detail, the business process calls for a cloud-based multi-service platform accessible by wimax systems operators nationwide. Think of a virtual infrastructure for a “quadruple play”offering (data, voice, video and music) .
The provisional patent covers a process for a set top box navigation system, and I’ve found an incredible amount of open source code information and a few chip sets for a 3.65 GHz transceiver antenna.
I’m gearing up to do a proof of concept trial, possibly next year sometime at an event like SWSW, while talking to wimax operators in other countries.
My advice? Collaborate with others who are trying to do the same thing!
Rowland
#2 by Rowland on June 26, 2010 - 4:56 pm
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Ian,
You state in your blog that: “I’m in the research phase of creating a WiMAX “third pipe” internet provider for the places that Sprint\ClearWire’s Xohm service may never go, or may take forever to go. Advice and investment are both welcome.”
Well, I’m only an amatuer inventor — not an enigineer — but I picked up a 3.65 GHz license and filed a provisional patent for a WiMax based wireless broadband supernetwork earlier this year, to do a version of what you talk about in your blog.
Without going into a lot of detail, the business process calls for a cloud-based multi-service platform accessible by wimax systems operators nationwide. Think of a virtual infrastructure for a “quadruple play”offering (data, voice, video and music) .
The provisional patent covers a process for a set top box navigation system, and I’ve found an incredible amount of open source code information and a few chip sets for a 3.65 GHz transceiver antenna.
I’m gearing up to do a proof of concept trial, possibly next year sometime at an event like SWSW, while talking to wimax operators in other countries.
My advice? Collaborate with others who are trying to do the same thing!
Rowland