Re: Pls help - want to travel wirelessly and ckeck emails

In article <nv69v11ooa737kebsqesv7d0knh3mt4885@xxxxxxx>, Dave Rudisill <denali@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
rico_001@xxxxxxxxxxx (Rico) wrote:

In article <1140033339.938049.44160@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
ritagoldman101@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Pls help - want to travel wirelessly and ckeck emails

Pls note I am not a Techie and this might appear to be a stupid
question.
But I need help.

I have
1. Comcast for my wireless internet - laptop and
2. T mobile ( motorola razor) for my cell service.

For temporary traveling purposes with my family on vacation, how can I
access my emails via my laptop.

Where do I start ?

What equpiment do I need ? What service ? Which company ?

Since I need this service for less than a week.... what suggestions can
anyone give me ?
Of course I would like to be economical too.


I have heard of hotspots...

Since I am traveling with my family on vacation, I do not want to have
to drive them every 2 hours to the nearest Starbucks etc. to check
emails.

It would be nice to be able to do this while we are driving.

Any suggestions ?

Thanks
Rita


Forget signing up for one of the cell services unless you live in New York
and are traveling to Chicago or LA (well a few other large cities)

We have been using our cell phone for Internet access while traveling
around the country full time for over three years. In the Lower 48, we
have had a usable data connection in virtually every location. The only
big dead spots have been in Texas and Oklahoma.

Currently, we are at a county campground outside Apache Junction, AZ,
with a good EVDO signal--around 500-600 kbps.

Well I'm glad to see Verizon is finally getting it more widely deployed.
When I was about half way between Phoenix and Sedona about a year ago,
nada.


and even
then unless you can charge it to the company, too expensive for just
checking email and maybe a little web surfing like checking weather.com
before you hit the beach or ski slopes or whatever.

The only additional cost for using your cell phone for Internet access
is the cost of the cable (around $10), at least with Verizon.

You must be on a great plan, the rate they quote where I live is a bit more
the $10 closer to $80 and my local area (not in the middle of no
where) is still not on the coverage map. But I'm delighted to see it is
working well and cheaply for some folks. Since you are in Arizona right
now, have you tried it at the South Rim (with the draught ought to be
relatively snow free up there this year)? I was able to make conventional
cell phone calls from there (no luck at all on the north rim) last year
which surprised me.

The two
slower networks (14.4 and 144 kbps) just use minutes. Sprint is
$10/month and uses no minutes.

Now, if you had said "signing up with T-Mobile" rather than "signing up
for one of the cell services", I would have no quibble. Sprint, Verizon,
and AT&T all have pretty robust low cost cellular Internet services.


Still for most people traveling, why go to the expense when it is free in
so many places?

fundamentalism, fundamentally wrong.
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