| Re: [GMCnet] Alfa Wi-Fi device [message #65861] |
Sat, 28 November 2009 15:03  |
kenneth hugelier
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Just to add my two cents: I have had the Verizon Mi-Fi set up for several months now. I ditched my home DSL and run my PC with the Mi-Fi unit hooked directly to my PC. When I go on the road in my coach (or a motorcycle), I take the small lap top and the Mi-Fi unit with me and have Internet service just about anywhere. When I signed up for the Mi-Fi, I went with the larger $60/month program because I was going to use it at home and it allows 5 giggle-bites of download per month. When the contract gets renewed, I will opt for the $40/month program as I never get close to using the 5 giggles (tee-hee) each month.
ken hugelier
77 PB
Det. Mich.
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| Re: [GMCnet] Alfa Wi-Fi device [message #65886 is a reply to message #65861] |
Sat, 28 November 2009 19:26  |
idrob
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| kenneth hugelier wrote on Sat, 28 November 2009 13:03 |
Just to add my two cents: I have had the Verizon Mi-Fi set up for several months now. I ditched my home DSL and run my PC with the Mi-Fi unit hooked directly to my PC. When I go on the road in my coach (or a motorcycle), I take the small lap top and the Mi-Fi unit with me and have Internet service just about anywhere. When I signed up for the Mi-Fi, I went with the larger $60/month program because I was going to use it at home and it allows 5 giggle-bites of download per month. When the contract gets renewed, I will opt for the $40/month program as I never get close to using the 5 giggles (tee-hee) each month.
ken hugelier
77 PB
Det. Mich.
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Ken: be very certain that you can stay within the much lower limit on the $40 plan. As I recall it has a very, very low amount of "free" time and seemed to me to be more of a teaser rate to get you interested than a usable one in the real world. The cost when you go above the limit is truly breathtaking.
BTW those of us who got into the Verizon system early have truly unlimited service on our plans, not the 5 giggles you mentioned. I just leave mine plugged into my Cradlepoint router 24/7 and it is my net connection for the 5 months I am here in AZ. With the Cradlepoint, I have wifi service all around the place. I would do the same at home in ID, but we have no cell service at all where I live, so it is Wild Blue Satellite there.
Rob Allen
former owner of '76 x-PB
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