[ale] OT: Verizon Mifi

[Jeremy T. Bouse]

	I looked at the MiFi but then just opted to upgrade my Palm Centro for
the Palm Pre Plus... We got 2 Palm Pre Plus phones for $50 and since
April 1st the 3G Mobile Hotspot feature is free so you only pay the
$29.95 smartphone data plan that you have to get anyway. Can connect up
to 5 devices to it just like the MiFi. I don't know about the MiFi but
the Pre Plus does WPA as well as WEP.

On 05/11/2010 04:49 PM, Alan Dobkin 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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