Aye, I have the Android 2.2 version, the wireless tethering just
works. Maybe I'm suppose to be paying something extra but I haven't
had to yet. I simply connect to the wireless network created by my
phone and I'm able to access the internet on my laptop.
On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Eric Cope <
eric.cope@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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@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@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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