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Need broadband aircard recommendations - workaholic
Posted: Feb 21, 2013
I'm taking a short trip for a few days and need to find out if an air card will work with escription and which one to get. Thanks.
air card - nonny
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First of all, I presume you are using a laptop? Does it have a slot for an aircard? I have a newer laptop (about a year old) and I do not have that feature. Most people just now use their cell phones to connect to the internet via the computer, but be aware that the cost is astronomical. A friend of mine was using his cell phone through Sprint to sign into his computer and he ended up with a $700 bill! He is on a fixed income and there was no way that he could have paid that amount. Luckily, I was able to pay 10% of the bill and they (Sprint) "forgave" the remaining balance because he had been a long time customer.
What he recently got was mi-fi through Clear. The receiver is about the size of the palm of your hand, and depending on how close you are to a cell tower, depends on the strengh of the signal. It is $50 a month for unlimited data, NO contracts (which you would need for an aircard) and you can also get cheaper plans, whether you use it by the day or the week, etc. Hope this helps and sorry if it sounds a bit confusing, but even with adding a "data plan" to your cell phone and using the computer it is EXTREMELY expensive.
addendum to the air card post - nonny
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I forgot to menton as well, that if you are staying in a motel, you can hook up to their internet, but try to find out if it is cable or satellite. My friend ended up getting the bigger receiver from Clear. About the size of a tablet, and NO problems :)
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