On Thu, 29 Dec 2011 07:58:48 -0500, "Jim Wilkins"
wrote:


"Howard Beal" wrote in message
...
I want to have a internet connection on my netbook when i
go bargain hunting so i can check ebay etc, prices. My usage
would be intermittent so i don't want to buy a pricey monthly
plan that i won't use all that much.

Anyone have any experience with this company:

http://www.truconnect.com/plans/

Seems like a good deal to me since i would
be using at most 500mb a month.

Best Regards
Tom.

If you have good Sprint coverage this Walmart - Virgin Mobile sweetheart
deal is pretty good versus the competition:
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Virgin-Mob...IT160/12718736

Whenever I activate it I have 1GB to use within 30 days, with a data rate
averaging around 30-50KBPS locally. My typical non-video browsing habits use
perhaps 20MB per day, much of that the ads on Yahoo etc and HF email
coupons. Since June I've been using dialup alone for two months and then
activating it for program updates and videos. I put the money in ahead of
time because their MyAccount site responds slowly.

If you don't buy the modem at Walmart $20 gets you 500MB:
http://www.virginmobileusa.com/mobile-broadband/

The modem's maker has installation packages for Windows, Linux and the Mac.
http://www.novatelwireless.com/index...64&I temid=51
I had problems installing it in XP until I found and ran LiteAuto.zip:
http://www.novatelwireless.com/content/files/VMU/

jsw

For those of you with an Android..and an unlimited package...this works
quite nicely.

http://junefabrics.com/android/

Thats how I get on the net. I have no internet account with any provider
except Giganews.

Here at the homestead in the country...somedays its very fast, others
its a bit slower. Sometimes I can watch a YouTube video at 350fps..other
times at 240 its iffy. In the LA area..its nearly always full speed.

Sprint raised the monthly rates $10 a month about 5 months ago..because
so many people have been using either tethered phones or their own
"highspeed" links and were loading down the system a bit. So Sprint is
using the money to increase their services to 4G..and this is Supposed
to be paying for it...Shrug


Gunner

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