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Originally Posted by apocalipstic

You can download programs to make your phones wifi and just plug them in.

Ohhhh will get J researching that.

Originally Posted by Linus

I have Verizon FIOS. 30-35MB both up and down. Now that said, the wireless that's built in is ok (reaches to the front yard where I spend most of my day) but now and again quits during the day (I suspect a nearby neighbour who has a wireless handset phone).

Personally, things like MiFi and/or Sprint's 4G are meant for laptops on the road. For me I cannot conceive of them being ok for home use, especially with that many computers. You'd be, IMO, better off with cable or DSL and getting a wireless router hooked up to those. It ends up being cheaper and easier to control.

One thing to note: wireless networks like 3G and 4G tend to have high latency, which is ok for phones and tablets but tends to suck for many of the apps we run on computers.

I was hoping you would see this and post to it as well. ummm What is latency? And I kinda figured it was too good to be true. LOL

Originally Posted by apocalipstic

Also, on 3g if you download over a certain amount you get charged even with unlimited data. I learned the hard way during my LOST obsession.

Those sneeky bastids. Great to know. I asked Sprint about this because I am on "unlimited" and don't want to get a nasty surprise. They said it would be unlimited that I could stay on all day and night, but didn't mention about uploading or downloading, which The Boy does an immense amount of. Sorry you learned the hard way, I will learn from your mistake. Thank you.

Originally Posted by puregrrl

I have a dry/naked (don't have a landline phone but goes through the phone jack) DSL through AT&T and I have the lowest speed, pay $20/month, use my wireless router and have NO problems at home. In the 3.5 years I have had it, it has gone out only twice. I highly recommend it

I was wondering about that. I don't understand all the tech stuff enough to know whether I could just get internet through the phone line without the phone. Thank you! I will check this out. Oh, and when you say lowest speed, it's not too slow or stuff? Do you download alot or stream movies on it? How does it seem for that? We don't game online so I don't care about the speed for that. Thanks.