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Posted By: geeman53 on 02/16/13 09:39am

My phone is a Galaxy S II on VM/Sprint-$35/month 300 min./unlimited data. We use Barnacle w/ wifi app to use the the galaxy as the hot spot.USB from phone to laptop. Worked like a charm for two weeks in the Keys, last year.
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Posted By: anchor on 02/16/13 09:45am

With wife's Apple ipad running with Verizon it also is a hotspot for our laptops. Works like the cellphone anywhere it seems.

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Posted By: JustinLookin on 12/11/13 03:15pm

Question for Canadian Snowbirds.

Has anybody looked at Roam Mobility and their Snowbird Plan? It's $39.95 per month for:

Unlimited nationwide talk
Unlimited global text
1GB high-speed data per month
Free long-distance calls to Canada
Free voicemail and caller ID

But you have to buy minimum 3 months at a time. So that's $120 but it includes free calls to Canada which makes it seem like good value in my opinion. Roam appears to be using T-Mobile network.

Link to Roam's website: http://www.roammobility.com/snowbird-plan

Posted By: Gulfcoast on 01/08/14 05:42am

One of the best data plans I've seen lately is prepaid Straight Talk from Walmart... 2GB for $25 and 4GB for $40, the later is good for 60-days. You have to buy their mifi unit and it's probably on Verizon towers. It's 3-G service, but it works. $10 per GB is a good price.

This is not a phone plan... so no throttling.

* This post was last edited 01/08/14 06:13am by Gulfcoast *

Posted By: wildwood1 on 02/15/14 06:07pm

I plan to use my win phone hotspot as a WiFi site. I have used it without USB cord. I am not too familiar with all this but I have activated my hotspot in my phone and pulled it up on my laptop and used it. I am going to try get by with my 4gb plan thru Verizon. I checked out their other technology but thought I would try my phone initially.
is anyone else using their phone as hot spot?
thanks

Posted By: Dave From AK on 02/16/14 09:14am

wildwood1 wrote:

I suggest that you post your question at the Yahoo InternetByCellPhone forum. There are many, many members there who can report their experience with using their phones as hotspots.

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Posted By: MrWizard on 02/16/14 09:54am

Clarification
No throttling, when data limit is reached, you have to buy more, if you use all your data in ten days, you buy more, or have no internet
This is not a complaint, just clarifying for those that might not know

Gulfcoast wrote:

* This post was edited 02/16/14 10:04am by MrWizard *

I can explain it to you.
But I Can Not understand it for you !
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Posted By: airton.aragao on 03/31/14 03:17am

Hi. I live in Brazil and will be travelling from Miami to NY (trough the interior), next may, with an El Monte RV. May someone suggest an prepaid plan from a company with good coverage at this route ?

Thanks

Posted By: Dave From AK on 03/31/14 05:53pm

airton.aragao wrote:

Are you interested in Internet access strictly on a phone, or do you need access on a laptop or tablet?

You will probably get some useful responses to your question on the Yahoo Internet By Cellphone forum

Posted By: MrRules on 05/13/14 11:29am

Since this topic began over five years ago I think it is time to let it rest. technology has changed so much in this interval the discussion is now mute so moderators please remove the topic and save some bandwidth.

Stu

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