Data Plans for Laptops

[Teallaura]

You know, you stick the thingie (technical term ) in the USB port and you have internet access even when there isn't a cable (or my case, wifi) available. I know they still exist but I can't make heads or tails of the things when I search for one.

Would someone mind pointing me in the right direction?

Thanks!

[Raphael]

You know, you stick the thingie (technical term ) in the USB port and you have internet access even when there isn't a cable (or my case, wifi) available. I know they still exist but I can't make heads or tails of the things when I search for one.

Would someone mind pointing me in the right direction?

Thanks!

Isn't tethering to your phone an easier option (then you use your phone's dataplan)

[The Melody Maker]

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss...er%2Caps%2C218

Are these what you're talking about?

[mikewhitney]

You can get a wifi hotspot device to connect via cellphone systems. I've tried it recently with TMobile. I stopped after a couple of months since the data plan, without a phone through TMobile, doesn't give me sufficient internet access for me. I used it up in a week instead of a month. But this was largely due to the O/S updates for Windows 10 that I had happening.

It may work better if you have cell phone service with them.

There also are wireless providers which require special equipment -- but this is hard to find.

[Sparko]

You kids and your fancy devices

Why when I was a kid we didn't have no cell phones or Internet

We had 100 pound hand cranked computers and 300 baud modems -- and we liked it!

[Christianbookworm]

You kids and your fancy devices

Why when I was a kid we didn't have no cell phones or Internet

We had 100 pound hand cranked computers and 300 baud modems -- and we liked it!

Did you have tv? Were computers still the size of a small house when you were a kid?

[37818]

Begining May 31 Vigin Mobil will be offering "unlimted" 4G WiMax USB dongle under their Broadband2Go plans. It is on the Sprint network. The 3G part of the plans are limited 2Gig/5Gig access.

[Sparko]

Did you have tv? Were computers still the size of a small house when you were a kid?

Of course we had TVs. Do you think we were barbarians? I was even the remote control and rabbit ears for the TV.

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[Littlejoe]

You know, you stick the thingie (technical term ) in the USB port and you have internet access even when there isn't a cable (or my case, wifi) available. I know they still exist but I can't make heads or tails of the things when I search for one.

Would someone mind pointing me in the right direction?

Thanks!

The big guys like Verizon and At&t use stand alone devices now days. Verizon's is called a Jet Pack and At&t's is called Unite Pro(?) and of course as someone already stated, you can have a Cell phone enabled to be a hot spot.

Verizon used to use a device called an Air Card that plugged into your pc, but those have been superceded by the Jet Pack.

[Teallaura]

Thanks, Everyone!!!!!

[Teallaura]

Isn't tethering to your phone an easier option (then you use your phone's dataplan)

Probably, but the internet reception isn't great (unless I want to keep the lap top on the washing machine...) and neither is my data plan. I will have to try it sometime.

[Teallaura]

Begining May 31 Vigin Mobil will be offering "unlimted" 4G WiMax USB dongle under their Broadband2Go plans. It is on the Sprint network. The 3G part of the plans are limited 2Gig/5Gig access.

That's the data plan I have now - still, it might do what I want.

[Teallaura]

You can get a wifi hotspot device to connect via cellphone systems. I've tried it recently with TMobile. I stopped after a couple of months since the data plan, without a phone through TMobile, doesn't give me sufficient internet access for me. I used it up in a week instead of a month. But this was largely due to the O/S updates for Windows 10 that I had happening.

It may work better if you have cell phone service with them.

There also are wireless providers which require special equipment -- but this is hard to find.

Isn't that the same thing as the VM service Bible mentioned?

[Teallaura]

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss...er%2Caps%2C218

Are these what you're talking about?

I don't think so - aren't they for computers that don't have wifi built in?

[DesertBerean]

I don't think so - aren't they for computers that don't have wifi built in?

Those are antennae to connect TO a hotspot, I think? My Verizon Jet pack is a stand alone device that devices link to.