Have you considered something like this? http://dealnews.com/Used-Netgear-Zing-Hotspot-for-Freedom-Pop-for-40-free-shipping/1490203.html -David "The Tool Wiz" Schwartz > On Oct 27, 2015, at 12:44 PM, Tom Roche wrote: > > > [Apologies if this is too off-topic: I'm a new user of this list.] > > For how cheap can one rent a reliable, Linux-compatible internet connection in the Valley? What I mean, why I ask: > > I was a longtime user of TWC/Roadrunner (data only--been TV-free for decades) for internet access at my previous home. ~2012 (IIRC) TWC raised their internet-only price to (IIRC) >60 $/mo. I raised both middle fingers and switched to FreedomPop's {$24, 10 GB}/mo Sprint-4G-based home service. FP > > * played well with my (now-aging, but all up-to-date Debian) laptops and WRT54GL router > > * was generally reliable (except during major thunderstorms). Particularly, it tolerated my then-employer's kludgey VPN (used for SSH-ing into compute/storage clusters). > > * was fast enough (though faster is always better :-) > > * gave just enough data (I don't game or stream much video) that I never went over-limit (which would have incurred fairly onerous charges). > > - had very bad customer service/support, which I was barely able to tolerate given the price delta with local competition. > > I recently relocated at roughly the same time as FP announced its home device (the FreedomPop Hub Burst) would EOS. This is not currently a problem--I'm sharing a roommate's ISP--but eventually I'll probably need to get my own connection. So I'd like to know what other folks (if anyone on this list is as cheap as I am :-) are doing for cheap internet access. Bridging off phones? Jumping from one yearly teaser rate to another? Something Completely Different? > > TIA (if not OT), Tom Roche > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss