Is there something such as celluar wireless to connect with an ISP ?

[Eric Cope]

Android 2.2 has this feature built in. You can also tether by USB then share
your internet connection. Sprint offers this feature as part of the data
package. Other carriers like Verizon charge for it.

Eric

On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 1:35 PM, Benjamin Francom <bfrancom at gmail.com> wrote:

> One solution you are describing would be  "Mobile Broadband."
> Most of the major carriers will offer it. We used it several years ago
> through Sprint. It was approx. $60/month, and worked well for a remote
> office we had.  They have routers that support the cards as well.
>
> http://shop.sprint.com/en/solutions/mobile_broadband/mobile_broadband_router.shtml
>
> Some folk'll tether their phone for this type of service, and I've heard
> Android's can create Wireless AP's on the fly.  As with anything there is
> always the security aspects of these solutions to consider.
>
> -Ben
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 1:12 PM, <leegold at speedymail.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi, Maybe a little of topic but I 'd  like to ask,
>>
>> I know there's satellite ISP, you get a disk attached to your house
>> maybe and you can surf.
>>
>> But isn't there a USB device that you can use with laptop to get
>> internet connections. Is that cellular internet?
>>
>> What I'm interested in are wireless ways of getting an internet
>> connection, other than being near a wireless access point of your own or
>> someone else's (w/permission) access point.
>>
>> Thanks,  Lee
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