Using cell phones for dialing an ISP
After meeting with representatives from Verizon, Sprint-PCS, & AT&T Wireless, witnessing demos and testing with a loaner cell phone, I’ve come to the following conclusions. Dialing into our NT server using a cell phone provided no speed advantages over normal landline connections. ... 70 kbps), using a designated Sprint ISP. ... Along with purchasing an air card for each laptop, we would need Wireless ISP service also. Sprints ISP service (unlimited) runs about $68 per month, per PC. There are other ISP’s, and most have different types of plans available depending on your data usage. ... As for cell phones (ah phones… remember phones? ... There are also minute sharing (or pooling) plans to consider with both companies, whereas you pay for a block of minutes to be shared among all phones. ... Both providers offer free phones, but only with 2 year contracts. ... Purchase air-cards ($50) and ISP service for the notebooks ($68 per mo.