Virgin Mobile just started offering a better option for mobile internet access. It's a MiFi card - a battery operated 3G wifi hotspot about the size of a credit card. Verizon and Sprint offer the same hardware. But Virgin Mobile's data plan is unique - no contract, unlimited data for $40 month. Compared to the 2 year minimum contract, download limits and $60/month, this new offering is a game changer.
Best of all is the no contract part. You can pay for any month you want to use - and skip paying for months when you don't need it.
link source: nytimes.com »
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Someday, they’ll build wireless Internet into every building, just the way they build in running water, heat and electricity today. Someday, we won’t have to drive around town looking for a coffee shop when we need to check our e-mail.
The Virgin Mobile Novatel MiFi gets its Internet signal from a 3G cellphone network and converts it into a Wi-Fi signal that up to five people can share.
If you want ubiquitous Internet today, though, you have several choices. They’re all compromised and all expensive.
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The Virgin Mobile Novatel MiFi gets its Internet signal from a 3G cellphone network and converts it into a Wi-Fi signal that up to five people can share.
If you want ubiquitous Internet today, though, you have several choices. They’re all compromised and all expensive.
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