Thread: Laptop wireless internet??????

Originally Posted by camo_boat

should be good to go. one thing is that when your phone is being used as the modem, making and receiving calls might not work at the same time as the internet. one of those connections is bound to suffer, either phone or data.

if you don't need super fast data, you did good buddy! let us know how it works for ya?

Hey this is as fast as our SBC DSL at home! CDC comes right up just as fast as home. The only problem is if a call comes in I will be disconnected from then internet. But hey I don't get that many calls at night anyway or during the day.

My major problem camo is I get shipped to some fireworks office in some town I have never been in. Normally they all have phone service, but no phone books. So if I need to find a Lowes store or a lumber yard I have no way to find one. That was one reason I wanted the broadband on my laptop. When I was in Richland, MS I had to drive around to find a WalMart!

Well, here is hoping we both did the right thing. A month or so I posted the same basic question and finally decided on a Palm Prius Plus for the phone(acts as modem). If connected and you get a call, you will loose the Inet connection while on the phone. Like you, the ability to cancel the broadband service on a monthly basis was a key for me. I was told yesterday to cancel it on the last day of your billing cycle to avoid prorated charges. Verizon appeared to have better coverage in the Bucksaw/Clinton area over AT&T and Sprint. Good luck--Hope to see ya at Crappie camp.

Regards,
OTD