[ale] USB wifi recommendation

[Ron Frazier (ALE)]

Pete Hardie <pete.hardie at gmail.com> wrote:

>On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 7:55 PM, Richard Bronosky
><richard at bronosky.com>wrote:
>
>> edimax ew-7811un
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>Thanks - That's the sort of thing I'm looking for - when the family
>travels, we often want to get all the various devices sync'd via wifi,
>but
>hotel wifi can get pricey, so having a way to make my laptop an AP is a
>goal
>
>
>Pete Hardie
>--------
>Better Living Through Bitmaps
>

Hampton Inn's offer free wifi.  But the room rates can be high depending on place and time of year.  $ 85 - $ 125 / night.  Rooms are generally nice, and may have a work area, fridge, and microwave.  The wifi is usually over crowded and slow, maybe 500 Kbps - 1 Mbps.  Sometimes it's better.  A few time, even worse.  I wouldn't want to use any hotel wifi without a vpn.  I use hotspotvpn.com for that at the moment, but may switch.

My prepaid Verizon MyFi 4G hotspot works great, and I can get speeds to about 12 Mbps in a 4G area or about 1 Mbps in a 3G area.  Every 3 GB of data costs me $ 60, so I have to be REALLY stingy about data usage to stay under that for a whole month.  Basically, no auto updates on weather, apps, os.  No podcasts or video.  Just minimal email and web surfing.  I only forward certain emails to my tablet and I turn off auto email checking.  If I want more, I find a coffee shop or something and connect to their wifi.  Then I download my podcasts.  In regards to data caps, 4G service is BAD.  You can blow over your limit REALLY fast.  I think you can attach 5 devices to the MyFi.  I only pay to put data on the MyFi whenever I travel or every 90 days to keep the account active.  When I'm just keeping it active, I only pay for a week, rather than a month.

Sincerely,

Ron



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