{"id":210,"date":"2010-05-26T11:14:16","date_gmt":"2010-05-26T17:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.canteraconsultants.com\/tech\/?p=210"},"modified":"2010-05-26T14:42:55","modified_gmt":"2010-05-26T20:42:55","slug":"mobile-internet-recommendations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.canteraconsultants.com\/tech\/?p=210","title":{"rendered":"mobile internet recommendations"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MiFi\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Recently I was asked by a good friend and fellow instructor, Mary Cypert, my thoughts on having the internet on demand while you travel.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve moved entirely away from the aircards for a couple of reasons:
\n–\u00a01 the device is locked into just one computer
\n–\u00a02 the device requires a pretty clunky piece of software that is known to cause performance issues with the laptop
\n–\u00a03 the fee\u2019s are a bit too much<\/p>\n

Last year, I started working with Verizon\u2019s Mifi <\/a>\u2013 it\u2019s a business card sized battery powered air card that doesn\u2019t require special software and it allows up to 5 devices to run at the same time –\u00a0 although I am a diehard iPhone user (and lover), I have found that Verizon\u2019s network has the best coverage for high speed data \u2013 including within a couple hundred feet of my cabin.\u00a0 The mifi charges off of USB port or from a wall wort and the battery has lasted me 4 to 6 hours.<\/p>\n

If I had to buy anew, I would look long and hard at the Sprint 4G Overdrive<\/a> –\u00a0the big advantage for me is not the possible speed increase (currently limited to a dozen cities) but the fact that I could insert a 16 or 32 gig memory card and have a \u201cshared harddrive\u201d for all of the users to access.<\/p>\n

Before you think about only buying another device that only serves up one computer, my mifi serves my laptop, my wife\u2019s laptop, our iPad, and both our iPhones while we travel, so having a device that serves up 5 internet connections is invaluable.<\/p>\n

Geek.com<\/a>\u00a0and and Evdoinfo.com<\/a>\u00a0also have some great reviews and additional informtion on the mi-fi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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