Re: OT: Cellular Modems

2012-07-23 Thread Michael Butash
I keep a little 4g samsung hotspot router on me from vzw that is very convenient when I need to jump on with a laptop, or let someone else on with me too. $50 bucks/mo for 5gb (that's the worst of it). I'd had a built-in mini-pcie card that I could never get to work right due to buggy hp bios

Re: OT: Cellular Modems

2012-07-23 Thread Lisa Kachold
Most smart phones can be tethered and even provide a nice Wifi AP for others? I get really good data throughput even on 3g with Android O2 firmware on a Dell Streak AT&T. I had a Verizon USB modem in the old days when you had to recompile the kernel on Ubuntu to use it with USB, but I really don'

Re: OT: Cellular Modems

2012-07-23 Thread Stephen
All verizon phones as part of the share everything have it enabled now. Any rooted android phone can also. On Jul 23, 2012 2:39 PM, "keith smith" wrote: > > I don't know this for a fact, however I hear you can use certain smart > phones as a wifi hot spot. > > > Keith Sm

Re: OT: Cellular Modems

2012-07-23 Thread keith smith
I don't know this for a fact, however I hear you can use certain smart phones as a wifi hot spot. Keith Smith --- On Mon, 7/23/12, AZ Pete wrote: From: AZ Pete Subject: OT: Cellular Modems To: "PLUG Discuss" Date: Monday, July 23, 2012, 1:40 PM

RE: OT: Cellular Modems

2012-07-23 Thread Harold Wong
nt: Monday, July 23, 2012 1:58 PM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: OT: Cellular Modems You might try crapit. They promise unlimited data, but say they reserve the right to slow it if you go over 2GB a month. On 7/23/2012 13:40, AZ Pete wrote: Hi All, I am looking to pickup a cellular

Re: OT: Cellular Modems

2012-07-23 Thread Derek Trotter
You might try crapit. They promise unlimited data, but say they reserve the right to slow it if you go over 2GB a month. On 7/23/2012 13:40, AZ Pete wrote: Hi All, I am looking to pickup a cellular USB modem that my wife and I can use on her laptop when traveling (rather than relying solely