3G Wireless Routers

February 12, 2009 by chuq · Comments
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Following up on my post the other day on three technologies I’m hoping mature this year, one of the commenters noted that Netgear announced a product at CES that does what I’m looking for. You can see the product details here. That’s pretty much what I was thinking of, and it’s available via Amazon (Product Page here) for about $120.

Now, I’m going to need to decide which network I want to use; do I do this with AT&T on my current account, or someone else? Some more research to do, but this seems to be the solution I was looking for; only real question is when I’ll feel comfortable that the network will be reliable and fast enough to warrant turning off the DSL and the landline.

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  • florean
    Actually, that's the part that won't mature this year. AT&T Wireless' DataConnect plan is $60 a month for 5 GB. But they charge $0.00048 for each KB after that - or $503.32 per GB!!!! Holy crap! Hope you don't plan on using Netflix, iTunes, Hulu, etc. Verizon is almost as bad, but they only charge $256 per GB. And their monthly plan is 1¢ cheaper. So they've got that going for them. Sprint is only $51.20 per GB. T-Mobile appears to be the only decent option at $49.99 and unlimited "e-mail and Web browsing". But who knows what that means
    Given the billions they're plowing into these things (and trying to get out of them) and the massive growth in online video viewing (and bandwidth usage), I don't expect replacing a wired connection with a wireless one will be a cost effective option until early next decade.
  • The network charges were one of the things I wondered about. Given those numbers, well, forget it for now.

    Coincidentally, my AT&T bill arrived today, so I decided to check out my account and see if I could upgrade or change my phone options to cut costs. AT&T happily allowed me to "renew" my DSL line at the same speed for $10 less a month. Of course, why they didn't just change my account when they changed rates, I dunno, so how many months have I been paying extra? that makes me happy. And even more fun, I can't even see my phone account options (long distance, etc) online. I have to call someone. So I guess I'll leave that alone until I cancel the landline. There do seem to be changes I can make to cut the cost by tweaking the long distance, I think. Have to look into that more. But saving 10% off the bill for 10 minutes work, that's not so bad. But them not automatically giving me the rate? Not so fun.
  • Most of all, this is going to kill conferences' lucrative racket in providing overpriced Internet connectivity.
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