I can't answer the second two, but a lot of Android phones can USB-tether or even create a WiFi hotspot. I can do it with my N1 with Cyanogenmod installed, and then use my laptop to go online from that. If you're in an area with decent reception (i.e., downtown Minneapolis) you can get pretty decent bandwidth. I hear Sprint and Verizon somehow detect and nuke that unless you pay them, but I've had no problems at all doing this with t-mobie. As a point of clarification, though, you're not really looking for WiFi - I'm fairly sure any laptop you get today will have that built-in. A data card from Verizon/AT&T/T-Mobie/whoever will actually be using their cellular network, not WiFi. On Sat, 22 Oct 2011, tom wrote: > I am still living in the desktop age, so be patient. Those who own > laptops might help me, please. > > What options are available for access to the Internet? Verizon data > cards/prepaid cards, right? Are there different levels of quality, like > one card provides higher broadband? Any recommendations as to what > cards to purchase? > > Also, I need to identify a public access station that I can walk through > the door, and apply to check out high quality video equipment. > > Last request. Who knows how to set up a virtual world (Open Source)? > Thanks, Tom > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -Yaron --