[ale] OT: Verizon Mifi

[Randy Pettyjohn]

Well basically a MVNO, which is what Fry's is on Verizon, means that they
lease towers from Verizon.  It is depends on the contract between Fry's and
Verizon as to which towers they have access to.  Usually, it means that they
will be able to work on towers that Verizon owns itself only, and not towers
that are used through agreements with other companies/carriers, this is
usually called the "Extended" network.  Luckily, in the Atlanta/Georgia area
Verizon owns almost all the towers it uses so you should have no problems
locally.

On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 4:49 PM, Alan Dobkin <ALE at maestroit.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
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