Android phone with an app called wireless tethering - it turns your cell phone into a wireless hotspot that your computer can connect to. You use the data/internet connection through your phone on your laptop. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tethering On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 1:12 PM, 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 > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss