Another great device to toss in the plane or flight bag. Like with most services, I would hate to have to pay monthly when I only needed it during flying season.
PSSST. You could get this with an iPod Touch and make VOIP calls or non-3G iPad...
THE ANSWER for data on demand while traveling! Virgin offers MiFi was pay as you go!
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Another great device to toss in the plane or flight bag. Like with most services, I would hate to have to pay monthly when I only needed it during flying season.
PSSST. You could get this with an iPod Touch and make VOIP calls or non-3G iPad...
Re: THE ANSWER for data on demand while traveling! Virgin offers MiFi was pay as you
Nevermind. You'd have to be able to get good Sprint EVDO reception and that ain't gonna happen in the boonies.
Nevermind. You'd have to be able to get good Sprint EVDO reception and that ain't gonna happen in the boonies.
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Re: THE ANSWER for data on demand while traveling! Virgin offers MiFi was pay as you
Actually...
My parents live in the boonies (little hamlet in Upstate New York -- population 218 last time I checked), and I get very decent and usable EVDO (-75dBm to -85dBm neighborhood, according to the BlackBerry's "Status" display), maybe a quarter mile down the road from them using my Boost Blackberry, which works on Sprint's network.
I get no signal at all in their house or on their property, however, which kind of mystifies me because they're actually at a slightly higher elevation than the point down the road. Sprint's coverage map claims that neither location should have usable signal. Maybe it's the high-tension lines.
If I ever find a place on the property where I can tap Sprint's signal, I'd like to install a directional antenna and an amp and cancel their crappy satellite Internet.
-Rich
Actually...
My parents live in the boonies (little hamlet in Upstate New York -- population 218 last time I checked), and I get very decent and usable EVDO (-75dBm to -85dBm neighborhood, according to the BlackBerry's "Status" display), maybe a quarter mile down the road from them using my Boost Blackberry, which works on Sprint's network.
I get no signal at all in their house or on their property, however, which kind of mystifies me because they're actually at a slightly higher elevation than the point down the road. Sprint's coverage map claims that neither location should have usable signal. Maybe it's the high-tension lines.
If I ever find a place on the property where I can tap Sprint's signal, I'd like to install a directional antenna and an amp and cancel their crappy satellite Internet.
-Rich
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