CELL PHONE INTERNET ACCESS
CELL PHONE INTERNET ACCESS This is designed to explain the basic approach to using your cell phone with your computer to connect to the internet. It is not intended to be an in depth coverage of t...
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c.heifner wrote:
I'm thinking maybe the easiest & best solution is just use Verizon's aircard as it seems to have the best coverage, my cell phone for the areas the aircard doesn't cover and my laptop with it's WiFi card when I can. $60 a month for the unlimited minutes(National Enhanced Service) aircard is okay with me. Can anybody tell me if I need to be knowledgable about the kind of phone I get or just let the Verizon rep guide me? I know I will need the Mobile Office too, right?
Also, can anybody tell me what kind of speed they get with the Verizon aircard vs. the cell phone? Do you still have to try & find a CG with WiFi/modem or are you okay just with this setup?
The Aircard doesn't get you anything you won't get with your cell phone, except in the 30 large cities that have EV-DO broadband access. For the rest of the country, we get NationalAccess service (144 kbps tops) almost all the time. Where that is not available, the 14.4 Quick 2 Net service is usually available.
Practically speaking, I get around 100-130 kbps on the NationalAccess network when downloading large files. Web surfing "feels" slower than a 56 kbps dialup line.
Before signing up for anything, join the InternetByCellPhone forum on Yahoo and read the Verizon tutorial in the Files section. All will be revealed.
