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Originally Posted by CaptJohn
The best solution to having wifi is getting your own hotspot (mifi). Recently my ATT web DSL service was out for 4 days for the whole area. Forget ATT reliability! Anyway, after 2 days I went to Walmart (or whatever you call it) and found a 'pay as you go' hotspot (mifi) called "Internet to Go". It's on the Sprint network which coverage is not as good as Verizon but the cost is much less and you don't have to pay monthly charges like Verizon. Only what you use and the time doesn't expire. Much like Tracfone. Cost of the unit was $80. The pay as you go cards are in increments of 10, 25 and 45 dollars. The 25 that I bought gives you 1.5 GB of usage. The unit is so small you can fit it in a shirt pocket! Easy set up and decent service plus you can hook up to 5 devices to it at one time. If you only use it for email and websurfing, it will last quite a while before you need to buy more time. So far, I'm happy.  |
CaptJohn, Thank you for the information. I may look into this if I don't go the using WI-FI at Panera Bread/Barnes & Noble/TV sales office route. This could serve a dual purpose as my father is the last person in the U.S. not to have internet access at his house (I know I am exaggerating on that). It frustrates me to no end when visiting him to not have internet access at his house (whine, whine, whine).
This past Christmas my sister and brother-in-law let me use their MI-FI service through their cell phone provider (Cincinnati Bell) when we were all my Dad's house visiting for the holidays.
Do you know if this Sprint MI-FI service works nationwide? I am specifically thinking of eastern Iowa where my Dad lives. I have Sprint for my cell phone provider, so I should look into this before I return to TV and before I go to my Dad's house for a visit in a couple of weeks.