Posted on 09/10/2011 9:13:43 AM PDT by ErnBatavia
I'm a techno-dinosaur who's way behind the curve....we have a laptop,HP, Win7 which works just fine on the home wireless network.
What I'm wonderin' is if there is even such a thing:
Some sort of prepaid USB plug in card that would allow us to get on the internet during power outages, while driving or traveling, or at some locale that doesn't offer wireless - in other words, we'd like to be able to fire up anywhere we get cellphone service.
Preference would be a non-expiring 'number of minutes' thingie, kind of like a prepaid phone calling card. I know that simply buying a high-tech smart phone would solve this dilemma, but I really don't want to go that route, if at all possible.
So - is there such stuff around, and can anyone steer me in a certain direction?
Some cell phones can provide a wireless access point.
The USB wireless units act as a cell phone to connect you to the web. They work anywhere you have cell service.
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