My wife has the Verizon version of that. A 'MiFi JetPak', and it too is fast and very useful. I agree about the coffee shops and motels. I feel much more secure and safe using my own device to jump on the web than the ones provided for everyone.
Bill
Bill
On Jul 23, 2013, at 08:38 AM, John Robinson <[email protected]> wrote:
I always rant and rave about the horrible service of AT&T, it's deserved but I do have something to rave about that seems fantastic.
When I travel I may be in the middle of nowhere when I need to get data from the internet. The Jeep we have has the ability to become a "hot spot" but when you look at the U-Cponnect (Jeep's name for it's information brain that runs the entire vehicle) you find the coverage is very limited, so my next approach was getting a Verizon and AT&T WiFi hotspot.
I started with AT&T, got a little black box that is about the size of my iPod classic, fits inside my Bose earbud case.
This puppy is amazing, so much so that I will use it during my 14 day trial and if I am not eating up the 5 gig allowance for the $50.00 a month fee (it cost $49.99 with a 2 yr contract) then I will get rid of the Time Warner internet connection at the office that is costing $198.00 a month. This allows 10 devices to be connected at the same time, it's got 3G, AT&T's terminology for 4G and 4g lte, which is what I am running on now, at the office as I type this.
I just did a Speedtest on this and the download is almost 21 meg, the upload was almost 11 meg, this sucker flies.
Starting Safari, loading a typical page will be loaded by the time I request the page and then click on the tab. I am SO impressed and since I don't do movies, watch a lot of YouTube, play games on line I should be more than fine with the 5 gig. If I go over then it's another $10.00 for an additional gig, the same on up the ladder, another $10. for each additional gig.
Where it will suck is when I am away from the 4g lte, but for now I am one happy camper.
It also has a touchscreen that is designed like our iPhones and iPod Touch, with icons giving details for the connection, data usage, connected devices, settings, messages, file sharing, media center, GPS, & setup.
The salesman also had a good point, he said they were selling bunches of these for folks that wanted to protect themselves when in a coffee shop, hotel, or other place offering WiFi, instead of using the WiFi from there location, not knowing how well it's protected they simply use their own hotspot. Not a bad idea.
John
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