Wireless Internet

[h0use]

Does any company still offer unlimited wireless Internet for laptops? My parents are vacation in there rv and want some kind of hotspot so they can use there laptop.

[tonyxcom]

Your only chance for that would have been an older unlimited data plan AND you had tethering grandfathered with it. Most if not all carriers never had an unlimited plan for hotspots and most if not all carriers would remove your grandfathered unlimited data plan if you added tethering.

[Ryououki]

Clear still offers unlimited wimax using a hotspot or laptop with a intel wimax card. Coverage isn't the best, so they should verify they will be covered before signing up.

[bigbearbear]

One of my engineers have the old unlimited data plan and he hacked an Android phone to allow tethering. Supposed to be pretty easy to hack the Android phone to allow this.

On the other hand, if they're on a vacation with the RV, ask them not to spend too much time on the internet.

[the86d]

PDAnet still work?

Maybe not SSL sites?

Many cell providers actually look for some info a browser send out whern visiting web pages in the middle of the transmission, and may charge you more for tethering without a tethering plan.

I understand T-Mobile 's new plans offer 500MB/month of tethering included, but I don't know about others...

[chris1911]

PDAnet still work?

Maybe not SSL sites?

Many cell providers actually look for some info a browser send out whern visiting web pages in the middle of the transmission, and may charge you more for tethering without a tethering plan.

I understand T-Mobile 's new plans offer 500MB/month of tethering included, but I don't know about others...

Many cell providers like who? I've had my rooted thunderbolt since it came out and tether it all the time. I've even told Verizon it's rooted and that I tether it and they don't give a crap.

[odysseus]

PDAnet still works with SSL on most phones without root.

[rgray]

PDAnet still works with SSL on most phones without root.

On AT&T with PDAnet without issues.

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[h0use]

Most of the camp sites they are going to will have wifi. But it's spotty since I have been to a few places with them. None of them have smartphones, trying to get them to at least get one of them so they will have some wireless Internet.

[Laythor]

you can always buy a prepaid hotspot. target, walmart, radioshack... bunch of stores carry them.

[the86d]

Many cell providers like who? I've had my rooted thunderbolt since it came out and tether it all the time. I've even told Verizon it's rooted and that I tether it and they don't give a crap.

Are you on LTE?

[YZINGERR]

I second pdanet if you can. I have a droid bionic (unrooted) with unlimited internet and i use the wifi hotspot all of the time. It works great!

[DaveInOroValley]

I'm surprised no one has mention MyFi. I've used a friend's when traveling and it works pretty seamless.

http://store.truconnect.com/devices/truconnect-mifi.html?gclid=CJfwyNz1yrgCFYN_QgodRBYAKg

[Jason95357]

I'm surprised no one has mention MyFi. I've used a friend's when traveling and it works pretty seamless.

http://store.truconnect.com/devices/...FYN_QgodRBYAKg

3.9 cents per megabyte? Ouch! That's $40/gb. I guess if you just do very casual web surfing and don't stream.

I don't do much streaming on my phone, but I do some. A couple of Youtube videos, a Netflix show or movie every other week, and an Audible book per month. I average 2gb/mo, and that's just for me, just for my phone usage (the majority is via home or work wifi, with 200-300mb/s on cell service, but still).

I guess you gotta do what you gotta do, but not having unlimited would really be painful - almost as bad as dial-up. Our household averages 150gb/mo (100gb on the low side, 200gb on the high side, but mostly right around 150gb/mo). But that's with no TV other than streaming Netflix and Amazon Prime, but still, that's what we're used to.

[lanwarrior]

TMobile sells MyFi for pay as you go. $30 for 3Gb.

Or tether to your phone...