Internet on the go
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iPhone tethering, I think I pay $25 a month...
It's pretty good when traveling at a high rate of speed and even works via bluetooth.
Wish I did this, but I forked out the cash for the usb verizon plan, Honestly I barely use it.
The service is fast and good, but I think theres like a 15-30GB limit, which can go fast if your streaming video(which I do a lot).
A lot of phones do tethering, sometimes is an extra $20 a months. $60/month is expensive if your not using it a lot, and the only time i use it, is airports and coffee shops that don't offer it free.
I can tether my Android Phones (tmo & VZW), and I've a VZW mifi. Mifi is handy, but I use phone tethering more often. More latency that way, but more convenient too.
tethering an android with PDANet works perfectly with both Windows and Mac...not sure about Linux though
I pay €50/month for a 40Mbps Vodafone plan with no download limit, although I can't get more than 20Mbps in most places.
Is PDAnet still a good option 3 years later? Looking for internet access on the go for my laptop.
Old thread.
I had one of these back in 2008 w. ATT.
It was $60 or $80 a month and I was limited to like 5gb a month and only worked where ATT was available, which was a lot of places.
I had one of these back in 2008 w. ATT.
It was $60 or $80 a month and I was limited to like 5gb a month and only worked where ATT was available, which was a lot of places.
I was tethering for free from my Note II on AT&T but they somehow caught on and sent me a strongly worded letter a few weeks ago saying they'd revoke my unlimited LTE data plan if they caught me using it again. Not sure why it took them over a year to catch on or what changed 
I have a couple, it's awesome. Another provider in case my main net goes down. Also great for travel. Kicks ass if I need a quick different IP from my country. Also helps me cover my tracks where I need to. It's 1 eur/day and I fill it up whenever I need it.
Hmm going to look into iPhone teethering...
Virgin mobile is like $30/M for USB internet, not bad.
Virgin mobile is like $30/M for USB internet, not bad.
I just had an Uber driver who tethered the laptop I had with me to his iPhone using T-Mobile "Personal Hotspot". Super fast. He said it was cheap.
Most will roam no problem, but you'll likely be charged at a higher rate when you're abroad.
Most cost-effective way would be to buy an unlocked Huawei dongle (OEM for most MNOs solutions) and use a cheap MVNO SIM card depending on where you are - for instance GiffGaff in the UK (their traffic sits on the O2/Telefonicia network) sell 3GB for 12 quid, no contracts etc.
So this stuff works only when you're within your country (or zone), right? I mean, if you were to plug your laptop to your phone when you're on a trip in Argentina, it's probably going to cost you an arm and a leg.
Depends on your SLA. But most likely, yes.
Cost aside bare in mind there is a difference in standards/frequencies used by devices, depending on where in the world you are. (Comparison of mobile phone standards - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
