[ale] OT: Verizon Mifi

[Alan Dobkin]

I just picked up one of these at Fry's last night.  It was the last one they had in stock.  They apparently have been running a special on them recently for only $69 and $49/month for the 5 GB service plan with no contract.  I am still waiting for it to be activated, but this seems like a great deal for anyone else who might be interested.  Here are the pertinent links:

http://www.Frys.com/isp/

http://www.Frys.com/isp/MobileBroadband.html

http://www.PhoneNews.com/frys-electronics-is-selling-verizon-mifi-for-70-sans-contract-11179/

http://www.FatWallet.com/forums/hot-deals/1004482/

My only concern is the comment about "it may lack roaming".  Does anyone have any experience with this setup?

Thanks,
Alan

On May 5, 2010, at 12:11 PM, Chris Fowler wrote:

> I will report back in a week or more.  I picked up a mifi today.
> 
> On Wed, 2010-05-05 at 08:04 -0400, Chris Fowler wrote:
>> I think it meets all of my requirements.
>> 
>> 1) OS Independent
>> 2) Shareable
>> 3) Loanable  (5 of us can take turns taking it on trips)
>> 
>> I'm going to ride to Dayton next week from Atlanta so one goal is to
>> have a broad band connection all the way up.  Speed is not a real
>> concern but latency is. I'll use SSH and latency using SSh can be a real
>> pain.
>> 
>> 
>> On Tue, 2010-05-04 at 15:43 -0400, Jerald Sheets wrote:
>>> The guys on TWiT say it's great.  I have no personal experience in the
>>> matter, though.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> http://twit.tv
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ---
>>> Jerald M. Sheets jr.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Chris Fowler
>>> <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com> wrote:
>>>        Anyone here have a mifi and can comment on how well it works?
>>>         I'm
>>>        looking for 3G and EVDO (when no 3G is available) connectivity
>>>        while
>>>        traveling.