[ale] [OT] Effective, non-ripoff, cheaper-than-Comcast/AT&T Internet for apartment

[Jeff Hubbs]

Freedompop looks like it's only good for a SIM card to put in an 
unlocked phone. Any idea if those can be put into a USB cell Internet 
stick? I've got one of those that I think is ex-Verizon from a few years 
ago that I could give her if the Freedompop SIM card can animate it.

On 4/15/17 2:54 PM, Boris Borisov wrote:
> Freedompop got some free data deals. I think needs to be below 500 MB.
>
> On Friday, April 14, 2017, Alex Carver <agcarver+ale at acarver.net 
> <mailto:agcarver%2Bale at acarver.net>> wrote:
>
>     On 2017-04-14 15:16, Jeff Hubbs wrote:
>     > What's the move these days for an Atlanta apartment dweller (my
>     aunt)
>     > who needs Wifi internet for her laptop and scant little else? I
>     used to
>     > know someone a few years ago who had the Clear service (basically a
>     > cell-system-connected hotspot box) but that seems to have gone away,
>     > bought by Sprint.
>
>     How much traffic?  You can get an AT&T Unite hotspot (it's a Netgear
>     that can be loaded with prepaid cards to purchase data allotments.  I
>     picked up one for travel use so I wouldn't have to depend on hotel
>     wireless service or, with a beam antenna, get some basic network
>     service
>     at long distances (like middle of nowhere Arizona/New Mexico). No name
>     is attached to the unit and I can buy the cards almost anywhere
>     (grocery
>     stores, Walmart, etc.)
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