WiFi Hot Spot recommendations?

[dedmiston]

A friend of mine is a student working on a special project in southern Wyoming, near Evanston.

He doesn't have any broadband connection, so he's mowing through his mobile data plan really fast. I want to help him find a mobile wifi device with a separate data plan, but I've never used a device like that.

What should I look for in a device and what kind of plans are best?

He has AT&T for mobile, so we know that coverage is good with AT&T.

[dedmiston]

pianotuna wrote:
I suggest he investigate the Mobley device from AT&T

Thanks Don. How does that work? Does it plug into a vehicle, or is it a stand-alone device? Some of the mobile wifi devices I've seen need to plug into a vehicle, which wouldn't work in this case. I assume this would work in the home, at Starbucks, etc.?

My friend actually had to go spend an afternoon at McDonalds to get wifi the other day.

[pianotuna]

I suggest he investigate the Mobley device from AT&T

[coolmom42]

He should also check what kind of service he can get from Verizon, although I doubt the prices are much better.

ATT device fees and data rates are shown HERE.

[dedmiston]

Go points.

The data can be expensed, but the phone can't. The two fees need to be bifurcated.

[2oldman]

sch911 wrote:
He needs a better plan not a new device.

x2. Data is getting cheaper, I would think 20gigs or so might work, not unlimited. I don't think a separate device is going to make any difference in the price of data.

[sch911]

He needs a better plan not a new device. Any reason ha cannot use his existing phone as a hotspot? If not just upgrade to one of the AT&T unlimited plans. YES IT WILL COST MORE! No way to get around that.