A couple of thoughts: I bought a tablet thinking I would be hitting the hot spots. Some of the areas I go to I don't have wireless or I don't know the passwords. I tend to download video content and watch it in those areas. My 16 gig SD card holds a lot. It has the Kindle App and games!
If you had a smart phone it would play that video from the SD card also. It would also store books through the Kindle App. You mentioned Netzero. If the area you are in has a land telephone line, Netzero offers free dial-up for 10 hours a month. This is good enough for email but don't even think about streaming video or viewing most web pages. DragonFly On 10/8/2012 1:32 PM, salemagnet28 wrote: > Thank you, Donk. I am probably the only person on the planet who does > not have a smart phone. :-) However, my regular cell gets very clear > service, for being a sparsely populated area....maybe an occasional > dropped call, and that is usually remedied by powering down for a minute > or two, the powering back up, again. Yes, many options are very > expensive, and since I'm only at that location at what amounts to less > than a week per month, it's kind of a waste of money for me. The nearest > neighbor is a nursing home, so piggy-backing is probably not an option, > though it was my first (and preferred) option. :-D I will look into the > others you mentioned, and hopefully, one will have coverage in my area. > If not, I may be pulled kicking and screaming into the world of smart > phones, another area where I have very little expertise. :-P > > --- In [email protected] > <mailto:A-1-Computer_Tech%40yahoogroups.com>, Donk <d.knieriem@...> wrote: > > > > Really, the cheapest, best solution would be to knock on your neighbor's > > doors and ask if you could piggy back on their network for 1 weekend a > > month - maybe offer to pay them $10 or something. Yeah, it might be a > > little creepy if you don't know them, but, heh, that would be the > > cheapest way. :-) > > > > Do you have a smartphone? You can do most of the same surfing on a > > smartphone that you can on a laptop. Also, if you do have a cellphone > > contract plan you should ask your carrier how much it would be to add a > > data plan to your monthly plan. Usually around $20-$30 a month with a > > limited amount of data (maybe 5GB - which isn't much if you watch many > > Youtube vids). Ask them about tethering plans too. That's where you use > > your phone as a modem for your laptop. But really a smartphone might be > > all you need/want. (Of course this is all assuming you've got decent > > cell signals where you are). > > > > Most phone companies sell little USB broadband adapters and then charge > > you for how much data you use. You mentioned Netzero, so you already > > know about these plans. You'll have to do some research to find the > > cheapest carrier that offers the most data. I think generally the > > pre-paid companies like Netzero, Virgin Mobile, Cricket, etc. will be a > > little cheaper than the big boys like Verizon. > > > > But again, if you don't have a cell signal then you are pretty much > > outta luck for access unless you want to sign up with the same ISP your > > neighbors use - and that can be expensive. I think that some ISP's > > (including Verizon, Comcast) offer a monthly, no-contract internet plan, > > but it's likely pretty expensive. > > > > Good luck, > > Donk > > ------------------------------------ If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [email protected] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [email protected] Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
