{"id":129,"date":"2010-07-08T17:19:47","date_gmt":"2010-07-08T21:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ericstechblog.com\/?p=129"},"modified":"2010-07-08T17:19:47","modified_gmt":"2010-07-08T21:19:47","slug":"internet-anywhere-everywhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ericstechblog.com\/index.php\/2010\/07\/08\/internet-anywhere-everywhere\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet Anywhere Everywhere"},"content":{"rendered":"

For some insane (ie moneymaking) decision, Apple\/AT&T won\u2019t allow a Wifi-only iPad to tether to an iPhone. I tried it. Yep. Doesn\u2019t work. However, those that are on the older iPhone 3 OS, can jailbreak (hack) their phones and get this ability.<\/p>\n

So, what am I to do? Better yet, what are WE to do?<\/p>\n

The old school way of getting a laptop on the Internet when no free Wifi is available, is to use a 3G modem from a cellular service. That\u2019s ok, but it\u00a0 only gives that one laptop the ability. And it\u2019s expensive \u2013 $60\/month on average \u2013 for that once computer.<\/p>\n

However, cellular carriers are starting to offer tiered plans for less. And some even offer prepaid plans for those that need this ability only on vacations or business trips.<\/p>\n

But what about families? What about those with more than one Wifi device? That\u2019s where the MiFi comes in. It\u2019s made by Novatel and I bought it from Verizon. It\u2019s the latest 2200 model. It\u2019s basically, a battery powered cellular modem. Turn it on, and if it\u2019s charged (yes folks, one more thing to plug in at night), that\u2019s it. You now have a device than gets on the Internet anywhere there\u2019s Verizon cellular service.<\/p>\n

But how do you connect? By Wifi, of course! Up to 5 devices can connect wirelessly to this little guy. So, if you\u2019re in the car travelling with family, the kids and your spouse can all share the same internet connection for the same $\/month. Or, if you have a laptop, Wifi-only iPad, PSP, PDA or other some such device \u2013 as long as they can get on Wifi, they can get on Broadband (Verizon) too!<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t make it or come up with the idea. Thank Novatel. And thank Helen for suggesting this article.\u00a0\u00a0Here\u2019s a picture\u2026..\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For some insane (ie moneymaking) decision, Apple\/AT&T won\u2019t allow a Wifi-only iPad to tether to an iPhone. I tried it. Yep. Doesn\u2019t work. However, those that are on the older iPhone 3 OS, can jailbreak (hack) their phones and get this ability. So, what am I to do? Better yet, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-personal"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2gH3K-25","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ericstechblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ericstechblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ericstechblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ericstechblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ericstechblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ericstechblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132,"href":"https:\/\/www.ericstechblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions\/132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ericstechblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ericstechblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ericstechblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}