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This Sunday, the US Post Office will implement their yearly postage rate increase. While domestic rates are seeing a small jump of around 7%, International rates are increasing between 25 and 60% depending on mail class.

At BearExtender, we have maintained the same rates the last several years for domestic shipping, and have only increased International rates a modest amount each year. We are currently determining what changes to make to our international postage structure and will update this article with changes later this week. To ensure you get the cheapest shipping rate, we recommend buying before Friday, January 25th, 2013.

Today we have discontinued BearExtender Mac Original (2009). In its place is the sleeker and lighter BearExtender Mini for Mac. BearExtender Mini for Mac contains more transmit power and is about half the size and weight of the original BearExtender. 

BearExtender Mini for Mac is a great choice for long range WiFi connections on your Macbook, iMac, or other compatible Apple computer. It works with Apple Mac OS 10.3 up through 10.7. We also have a beta driver for Mac OS 10.8 Mountain Lion here.

The smaller size and weight benefits mobile users, and it also helps reduce our carbon footprint. We now need just half the plastic to produce this long range device, which not only decreases our consumption, it means less weight flying around in planes to get to consumers. We have also introduced a special optional carry case made entirely of recycled materials. It holds BearExtender Mini, the USB cable, and antenna.

BearExtender Mac Original (2009) is no longer available for sale as of today. However, we will continue to offer full support for all owners, and when our final Mountain Lion driver is available for BearExtender Mini, it will also be made available for BearExtender Mac Original (2009).

- The BearExtender Team

If you have upgraded your Mac to Mountain Lion, we do have a beta driver available you can try with your BearExtender for Mac or BearExtender Mini for Mac. Click here for more information.

"Simply put, we're impressed with the BearExtender PC on all fronts. It's compact and portable, it grabs hold of weak Wi-Fi signals when most other network adapters would wave the white flag, and it's priced appropriately so that college students won't have to cut into their beer fund to be able to afford it. If you're a road warrior or simply want an insurance policy against weak Wi-Fi signals, do yourself a favor and adopt a BearExtender PC."