[ale] USB wifi recommendation

[Pete Hardie]

We used a phone-as-hotspot a few years ago when a vacation rental was
having DSL issues.  But I'm just looking for a way to update a non-phone
ipod touch without having to have multiple wifi reqistrations in a hotel
that does charge for internet

Pete Hardie
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Better Living Through Bitmaps


On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 12:10 AM, Ron Frazier (ALE) <
atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com> wrote:

>
>
> Pete Hardie <pete.hardie at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 7:55 PM, Richard Bronosky
> ><richard at bronosky.com>wrote:
> >
> >> edimax ew-7811un
> >
> >
> >Thanks - That's the sort of thing I'm looking for - when the family
> >travels, we often want to get all the various devices sync'd via wifi,
> >but
> >hotel wifi can get pricey, so having a way to make my laptop an AP is a
> >goal
> >
> >
> >Pete Hardie
> >--------
> >Better Living Through Bitmaps
> >
>
> Hampton Inn's offer free wifi.  But the room rates can be high depending
> on place and time of year.  $ 85 - $ 125 / night.  Rooms are generally
> nice, and may have a work area, fridge, and microwave.  The wifi is usually
> over crowded and slow, maybe 500 Kbps - 1 Mbps.  Sometimes it's better.  A
> few time, even worse.  I wouldn't want to use any hotel wifi without a vpn.
>  I use hotspotvpn.com for that at the moment, but may switch.
>
> My prepaid Verizon MyFi 4G hotspot works great, and I can get speeds to
> about 12 Mbps in a 4G area or about 1 Mbps in a 3G area.  Every 3 GB of
> data costs me $ 60, so I have to be REALLY stingy about data usage to stay
> under that for a whole month.  Basically, no auto updates on weather, apps,
> os.  No podcasts or video.  Just minimal email and web surfing.  I only
> forward certain emails to my tablet and I turn off auto email checking.  If
> I want more, I find a coffee shop or something and connect to their wifi.
>  Then I download my podcasts.  In regards to data caps, 4G service is BAD.
>  You can blow over your limit REALLY fast.  I think you can attach 5
> devices to the MyFi.  I only pay to put data on the MyFi whenever I travel
> or every 90 days to keep the account active.  When I'm just keeping it
> active, I only pay for a week, rather than a month.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ron
>
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