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Posted By: magicbus on 04/25/12 01:10pm

Same here. We just used our Galaxy S2 on At&t as a hotspot today on a long drive up RT 95. Very simple and no charge. I turn on the feature and my wife's laptop sees it and connects.

The reply nice thing is that it uses surprisingly little battery power.
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Posted By: elkhornsun on 04/26/12 04:35pm

DanaMc wrote:

Chrishick,

For everyone's benefit, please add a post with the details of the Bluetooth option. I know there are many folks who have more recent equipment than others including myself. So I'm very interested in anything along these lines.

Thanks for your contribution.

Bluetooth is for wireless devices like a mouse or keyboard. WiFi with 802.11n is doing to provide much better data throughput and can be shared with multiple computers at the same time.

We use a Cradlepoint router that has both 802.11n wireless and standard Ethernet cable ports and will work with any USB modem so we are not locked into any one company but can go with whichever company provides the best deal. At this time it is buying the Verizon service through Millenicom which is cheaper than Verizon direct and has with the Verizon towers the best nationwide coverage.

After AT&T handed over more than 300 million emails of US citizens to the military I am not about to use them for anything.

Posted By: magicbus on 04/27/12 04:32am

elkhornsun wrote:

After AT&T handed over more than 300 million emails of US citizens to the military I am not about to use them for anything.

Not even Google heard of this one. Could you possibly share a link so others may learn?

Dave

Posted By: Wayne Dohnal on 04/29/12 07:20pm

It has recently become feasible to use Page Plus cellular, on the Verizon network, for temporary data use. They have a new plan called The Fifty Five. For $55 a month it provides unlimited voice and texts, and a gigabyte of data. I switched over to this plan for a month on the road and will switch back to the lower cost plan when the month is up. You of course have to be careful that the phone you use can be tethered to a laptop. I'm lucky that my old LG clunker can. The data on my phone is 1x, not lightning fast but very usable.

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Posted By: jaykimnoregrets on 06/22/12 10:52am

Hey guys :-)

This may be a silly question (I am kinda illiterate un this area) Hubby asked me to post a question about internet on the road.

He is a BIG gamer and loves to play WOW with our oldest son online, He is wondering if the free wifi that some parks offer would be enough for him to play his games online? obviously he isn't real worried about a secure wifi for just gaming. We were thinking about just getting the 1G data plan to do bills etc online and just use that secure wifi for that kind of thing.
any help/info is greatly appreciated, thank you
:-)

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Posted By: xctraveler on 07/07/12 10:07am

WOW? World of Warcraft? This kind of game takes significant bandwidth, I believe. Most campgrounds have limited backhaul (connection to internet). They frown on movie downloads and serious gaming as it leaves little room for other users on the network. You need to check with the campgrounds you are going to to see what they offer in terms of connectivity.

We use MiFi with 5 Gb, but don't do movies or gaming. We use 3 to 4 Gb each month when we are on the road long term. As always YMMV (I see you are new, YMMV = Your Mileage May Vary)

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Posted By: Dave H M on 07/07/12 11:07am

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Posted By: photonut4 on 08/06/12 06:26am

I am researching new internet options. I am done with the mifis, as I had nothing but trouble with them. Which would give me a more reliable internet connection: tethering a cell phone or a 3G air card in a cradle point router? I currently just use a trac phone, so I would have to sign up with a carrier, if I go the cell phone route. I would go with Millicom if I go the air card route. Thanks for any info. Liz

Posted By: Fezziwig on 08/06/12 08:19am

A couple years ago I had great success with a Verizon USB datacard in a Cradlepoint CTR500 router. Worked all over California. It was supposed to be about $60/month, but I kept getting bills for hundreds of dollars (which I always fought and usually got reduced). Finally, I quit just because the billing was such a nuisance. Both Windows XP and linux handle the USB datacard directly, too.

I was hoping that the cellphone data billing would come down, but it looks just the opposite.

Posted By: photonut4 on 08/06/12 08:50am

Fezziwig wrote:

Why the outrageous bills? Was that directly through Verizon or Millicom? TIA.

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