Check out a Cradlepoint router Rick Q [email protected]
On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 3:39 PM, Winterlight <[email protected]> wrote: > I am looking for a Hotspot... or maybe a USB stick that I can plug any > phone sim into, plug it into a laptop and have it work when I am on the > road. I would prefer the former but would settle for the latter. Every > Hotspot modem/device I find seems to be tied to a cell phone provider. I > actually purchased a Netgear AT&T unite 781S from Ebay and have a ATT data > sim for it. It works great but AT&T is expensive particularly for a large > 8GB data account. > > At the first of the year I was offered a no contract $40 NetConnect sim > with unlimited text - phone and data from my long time internet phone > provider NetTalk. So I signed up for one... it actually runs on the > T-Mobile network. I still have my AT&T phone and I planned on using the new > NetTalk account for a hot spot. Then I found out my Netgear AT&T unite 781S > only works with a AT&T data sim and worse it cannot be unlocked. > > When I tried to buy one ...or anything retail I keep coming up with > branded hotspot devices. I am really surprised that no manufacturer seems > to make a retail device that will accept any sim with a data account to > create a hotspot. Even the devices that are supposedly unlocked from Sierra > warn that if you reset them they will lock. > > There are usb devices that you plug into a laptop and use it with a sim > but I don't see any known manufactures. Does anybody have experience with > these? > > I can, of course, use one of my phones as a hotspot but that is not an > ideal solution as the phones get really hot when transmitting large amount > of data and I would like to be able to leave the device in my truck and use > it from there. Does anybody have any experience doing this .. if so I would > be grateful for some advice on implementing something. Thanks. > >
