Is it possible for me to turn the laptop into a router of sorts , once I return home? I'd like to avoid having two ISP's. On 1/16/08, Nate Carlson <tclug at natecarlson.com> wrote: > On Wed, 16 Jan 2008, Chuck Cole wrote: > > Why not use the entirely free loophole on Sprint 3G and some other > > phones? If just for camping trips, why pay the extra fees for no > > additional benefit? > > > > I was extremely annoyed that Sprint's service for the card I have would > > cost $40/mo more for no better data connection and any use of the voice > > capability my card has would cost $0.40/min even though I'm a subscriber > > with better and sometimes free voice rates. > > If you use your wireless card on a regular basis, having it separate from > your phone can be very, very handy. I'd say for the regular camping trip > the tethered route should be fine, but for my case (where you use it to > support servers, etc), having it separated is much more convenient, > especially since it's integrated into my laptop. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > | nate carlson | natecars at natecarlson.com | http://www.natecarlson.com | > | depriving some poor village of its idiot since 1981 | > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >